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Ch: Tao Yuanming (365-427). The Jin dynasty poet and quintessential Chinese scholar-recluse. a virtual prototype for the literati ideal, Tao was a favorite subject for Japanese bunjin Άl, his popularity stretching from monks of the Muromachi gozan Ί¬άR to Edo period literati. His real name was probably Yuanming, while another tradition holds that this was an assumed name and that his real name was Qian (Jp: Sen φ). He retired from his post as governor of Pengze (Jp: Houtaku dς) prefecture at the age of 41 to his country retreat where he lived in seclusion. The popular image of Tao Yuanming derives from two of his poems, Returning Home *Kikyorai A, written on his trip from Pengze, and Drinking Wine inshushi ωπ. In both works Tao describes his detachment from society and his fondness for yellow chrysanthemums. The image of the poet plucking the autumn flower from a hedge to the east of his house became a painting theme Touri saigiku-zu βίΜe}. His fondness for the flower also led to his inclusion in the painting theme Four Favorites *Shiai l€. Because Tao lived at a small estate where he planted five willows he earned the nickname Wuliu Xiansheng (Jp: Goryuu Sensei άφζΆ) or Master Willow, and is often shown under willows, usually inebriated. The poet is also shown walking, playing a stringless koto Υ, looking at the moon, riding in a boat or a cart, releasing a white pheasant, and writing poetry. Tao Yuanming also appears in Three Laughers at the Tiger Ravine *Kokei sanshou ΥkOΞ and, in some accounts, in the Three Tasters of Vinegar *sansan-zu O_}. Another of Tao's poems, Peach Blossom Spring *tougen-zu Ή}, which tells of an old fisherman's discovery of an ideal place, was also frequently illustrated. Notable Japanese paintings of Tao Yuanming range from Muromachi period ink monochrome hanging scrolls such as those by Shuubun όΆ (mid-15c; Umezawa Kinenkan ~ςLOΩ) and Sesson αΊ (1504?-1590) to large screens by Edo period *nanga μζ artists such as Ike no Taiga rελ (1723-76) and Yosa Buson ^ΣΊ (1716-84). | ||||||
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