Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai
Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841)
late 1700s–1800s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
130.8 × 38.1 cm · painting only: 38 × 26.8 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Accession Number
1985.248
Tags
male
About this artwork
Shundai (1680–1747) was a noted Confucian scholar and writer. Brought up with a strongly Confucian family background, Bunchō’s veneration for Shundai is understandable. The inscription is by Nozawa Hikoroku, a scholar and poet contemporary with Bunchō.