Sharpening The Tools: Imagery & Accoutrement from the Scholar's World

Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), attributed
伝趙孟頫

“Scholar Beneath Pines on Riverbank”
松下高士圖

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
100.0 x 47.5 cm. (39 3/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

Box inscription:
By the monk Ogasawara Daizen Dayū of the Shodo-in, identifying the painting as having been painted by Zhao Mengfu.

Accompanying letter of authentication:
By Kanō Seisen’in (1796-1846)

Zhang Lu (ca. 1490-1563) 張路

“Fisherman and Scholar” 漁夫高士圖

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
144.8 x 79.7 cm. (57 x 31 3/8 in.)

Inscription: “Pingshan.”

Artist’s seal:
One, illegible

Xie Zhongyan (later 17th century) 謝鍾燕

“Landscape for Yuanchen” 1684
為元琛作山水圖

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
167.6 x 74.9 cm. (66 x 29 1/2 in.)

Inscription:
“During the eleventh lunar month of the year 1684, painted for elder brother Yuanchen by Xie Zhongyan.”

Artist’s seals:
Zisheng and one other

Zhao Cheng (1581-1661 or later) 趙澄

“Elegant Feast in the Peach Garden” 1652
桃梨園雅集圖

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
149.0 x 44.5 cm. (58 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.)

Inscription:
“Two days after full moon of the eleventh lunar month of the year 1652, Zhao Cheng, the Old Man of Snowy River, while in the meditation hall of Ganlu Temple at the age of 71, followed Zhao Mengjian in this Taohua yayan tu, ‘Elegant Feast in the Peach Garden.”‘

Artist’s seals:
Two, illegible

Colophon:
Zhu Dingheng

Zhu Qichang (17th century) 朱其昌

“Pure Conversation in Autumn Mountains”

秋山清話圖

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
163.0 x 91.0 cm. (64 1/8 x 35 3/4 in.)

Inscription:
“Painted by Zhu Qichang at the Jade-tree Hall.”

Artist’s seals:
Zhu Qichang yin; Xishi

Zhang Kai (17th century) 張愷

“Visiting a Friend in Bamboo Grove”
竹林訪友圖

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
110.0 x 34.0 cm. (43 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Respectfully painted by Zhang Kai.”

Artist’s seal:
Jinhua (“Respectfully painted”)

Anonymous Chinese (first half 17th century)
無款 中國

“Scholars in a Landscape” 高士山水図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
165.7 x 100 cm. (65 1/4 x 39 3/8 in.)

You Lan (second half 18th century) 喻蘭

“Su Shi Holding up his Stomach” 1756

蘇軾抱腹圖

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
65.6 x 43.4 cm. (25 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Ten days before Tianzhongjie (the 5th lunar month) of the year 1756, painted by You Lan, court painter in the Xiqing Palace, at the Zheban Hostel at Wujiang.”

Artist’s seal:
Duishanjen (“Person Facing the Mountains”)