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Ch: Xihu. Lit. west lake. Of the several Chinese lakes known as West Lake, the most famous is the West Lake at Hangzhou YB, Zhejiang ΄] Province. This lake is rich in scenic beauty as well as in religious, historical and literary association. Most of the famous religious monuments at the West Lake were constructed by Emperor Qianchu Kζ (908-978), a devout patron of Tiantai (Jp:Tendai Vδ) Buddhism. For this reason it was a favorite pilgrimage center for Chinese and Japanese monks from the 11c. Of the many literary men associated with the West Lake, Su Shi (Jp: So shoku hηg, also known in Japan as *So Touba h±, 1036-1101), who supposedly had a dike constructed there, and Lin Hejing (Jp: *Rin Nasei Ρaυ 967-1028), who lived on a small island in the middle of the lake called Mt. Gu Η or Orphan Mountain, are the most famous. The best-known views of the lake were gathered into a group of Ten Views Seikojikkei-zu ΌΞ\i}; autumn moon over Pinghu (Ch: Pinghu qiuyue ½ΞH); spring dawn over Su Shi dike(Ch: Sudi chunxiao hηtΕ); lingering snow on Duanqiao (Ch: Duanqiao canxue f΄cα); evening glow in Leifeng (Ch: Leifeng luozhao τΖ); evening bell from Nanping (Ch: Nanping wanzhong μ Σΰ); lotus flowers at Chuyuan (Ch: Chuyuan fenghe @Χ); watching fish at Huagang (Ch: Huagang guanyu Τ`Ο); listening to nightingales at Liulang (Ch: Liulang wenxing φQ·§); lights from the three beacons at Santang (Ch: Santang yinyue OΰKσ); and clouds over Liangfeng (Ch: Liangfeng chayun Ότ}_). In China, paintings of the West Lake gained popularity in the Southern-Song period and can be divided into two types: those which feature a bird's eye view *choukan-zu ΉαΥ} of the entire scene, and sets comprised of the ten views. Chinese paintings and prints of both types were known in Japan and influenced representations by Japanese artists, although some Japanese painters saw the lake first-hand. For instance, both Sesshu αM (1420-1506) and his disciple Shuugetsu H (late 15c - early 16c) made pilgrimages there, and the Latter's painting (1496) in the Ishikawa Ξμ Prefectural Art Museum, is well known. The West Lake was also a popular theme for *nanga μζ artists, although their paintings were likely to be based on earlier paintings, literary descriptions or the imagination. Several iconographic features, including the arched Sushi dike (Ch: Sudi hη, willows and pagodas became standard in virtually all paintings of the West Lake. Notable Japanese paintings include works by Nouami \’ν (1397-1471), Kanou Sanraku λμRy (1559-1635), and Ike no Taiga rελ (1723-76); Manpukuji δέ, Kyoto | ||||||
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