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Haku Ga Shou Shiki 伯牙・鍾子期 | ||||||
KEY WORD : art history / paintings | ||||||
Ch: Be
Ya Zhong Ziqi. A pictorial theme of friendship in Chinese painting. When
the Zhou dynasty musician Be Ya (Jp:Haku Ga 伯牙) played the qin (Jp:kin 琴),
his friend Zhong Ziqi (Jp:Shou Shiki 鍾子期) was able to understand his deepest
thoughts. Upon Shou Shiki 's death, Haku Ga broke his qin (a stringed, zither-like
instrument) in despair that there was no one left in the world to whom he
could express himself. The theme became a symbol for perfect communication,
the ideal communion of minds, between friends. It was long painted by
Chinese artists, and, from the Muromachi period, by Japanese artists.
The *Kanouha 狩野派 artists,
beginning with Kanou Motonobu 狩野元信 (1476-1559), typically depicted one scholar seated,
playing his qin, while another looks on intently. The motif is sometimes
incorporated into paintings of the Four Accomplishments *kinki
shoga 琴棋書画. |
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