River of Stars

Li You [Li Yu] (1783-after 1844) 李育

“Fighting in the Village” 1843
闘村図

Fan painting, ink and color on paper
17.0 x 50.5 cm. (6 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.)

Inscription:
“During the beginning of summer of the year 1843, I followed a genuine work by Xinluo Shanren (Hua Yan) at the Autumn Waters Retreat to present to my elder brother Master Qingyun for his judgment. Copied by Li You, called Meisheng, from Jiangdu.’

Artist’s seal:
Li

Jia Youfu (b. 1942) 賈又福

“Sounds of the Countryside”
鄉音

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
46.0 x 65.0 cm. (18 1/8 x 25 5/8 in.)

Inscription:
“‘Sounds of the Countryside.’ At the Hall of No Splendor, Youfu.”

Artist’s seal:
Jia

Luo Jianwu (b. 1944)
羅建武

“Sandalwood Tree” 2013
白檀図

Folding-fan-shaped painting, ink and color on paper
21.5 x 61.3 cm. (8 1/2 x 241/4 in.)

Inscription:
“On a divine cliff for a thousand years the sandalwood tree is old yet green.
By the sixty-nine year old eccentric, Luo Jianwu.”

Artist’s seal:
Jianwu; Zhenghuai (“Purity in my heart”)

Wang Mansheng (b. 1962) 王 満 晟

“Revered Elder, No. 5” 2016
尊 老 図

Unmounted scroll, ink on paper
33.0 x 19.2 cm. (13 x 19 in.)

Artist’s seals:
Ban Sheng; San Ren Ju; Wang Mansheng yin

Qiu Mai (Michael Cherney, b. 1969)
秋麥

“Selected Source Images, Fan Motif, #23” 扇 図
“Selected Source Images, Fan Motif, #24” 扇 図

Photograph, ink on mitsumata paper
Each 21.0 x 22.0 cm. (8 1/4 x 8 2/3 in.)

Yang Yongliang (b. 1980) 楊泳梁

“Time Immemorial” 2016
長 時 間

Digital photograph, mounted as hanging scroll
79.4 x 63.7 cm. (31 1/4 x 25 1/8 in.)

Anonymous Japanese (13th-14th century), 無名氏
Old attribution to Fachang Muqi (ca.1220-ca.1280)

“Herdboy on Ox”
放牛図

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
112.5 x 39.7 cm. (44 3/8 x 15 2/3 in.)

Isshi (active ca. 1400-1450), attributed 一之

“Byaku-e White-robed Kannon”
白衣観音

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
112.5 x 38.8 cm. (44 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.)

Box inscription by Yamamoto Soken (fl. c.1683-1706):
“’Kannon’ painted by Kei Shoki. Written by Soken.”

Published:
Zendera no Eshitachi (“Painters of Zen Temples”), Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1998, cat. 46, p. 87.