[The Shadow of the Willow]
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Narrado por Jorge Obregón
Narrado por Jorge Obregón
This piece is an exceptional example of artistic collaboration.
Kaga no Chiyo was the most renowned female poet of 18th-century Japan and is considered the greatest female haiku writer in history. She studied poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and at the age of 52, chose to become a Buddhist nun.
Tokuyama Gyokuran was also one of the best-known female artists of her time. From a young age, she studied poetry and painting, and became distinguished for her work within the bunjinga 文人画 (literati painting) tradition. She was the partner of the well-known painter Ike Taiga 池大河, with whom she shared both her life and studio.
In this work, we see a small willow tree, among whose branches we can appreciate Kaga no Chiyo’s elegant and flowing cursive script, which blends Chinese characters with old-style Japanese syllabary (hentaigana 変体仮名). It’s one of the few surviving examples of collaboration between these two artists in the world.
This piece is an exceptional example of artistic collaboration.
Kaga no Chiyo was the most renowned female poet of 18th-century Japan and is considered the greatest female haiku writer in history. She studied poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and at the age of 52, chose to become a Buddhist nun.
Tokuyama Gyokuran was also one of the best-known female artists of her time. From a young age, she studied poetry and painting, and became distinguished for her work within the bunjinga 文人画 (literati painting) tradition. She was the partner of the well-known painter Ike Taiga 池大河, with whom she shared both her life and studio.
In this work, we see a small willow tree, among whose branches we can appreciate Kaga no Chiyo’s elegant and flowing cursive script, which blends Chinese characters with old-style Japanese syllabary (hentaigana 変体仮名). It’s one of the few surviving examples of collaboration between these two artists in the world.
This piece is an exceptional example of artistic collaboration.
Kaga no Chiyo was the most renowned female poet of 18th-century Japan and is considered the greatest female haiku writer in history. She studied poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and at the age of 52, chose to become a Buddhist nun.
Tokuyama Gyokuran was also one of the best-known female artists of her time. From a young age, she studied poetry and painting, and became distinguished for her work within the bunjinga 文人画 (literati painting) tradition. She was the partner of the well-known painter Ike Taiga 池大河, with whom she shared both her life and studio.
In this work, we see a small willow tree, among whose branches we can appreciate Kaga no Chiyo’s elegant and flowing cursive script, which blends Chinese characters with old-style Japanese syllabary (hentaigana 変体仮名). It’s one of the few surviving examples of collaboration between these two artists in the world.