Floating Endlessly / Shinozaki Shôchiku

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Accession Number: 1977/2.21
Title: Floating Endlessly
Artist: Shinozaki Shôchiku
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life Dates: 1781-1851
Medium and Support: ink on paper, hanging scroll
Object Creation Date: 1st half of the 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of the Shoka Collection
Style/Group/Movement: literati
Inscription: The poem consists of 8 lines of 5 characters each, in classic Chinese-style regulated verse. The translation: The Yangtzu River flows without end; In its vastness: one solitary boat. Laughing and drinking, I contemplate heaven and earth, In my empty breast I embrace the stars. The scenery, having dispelled the heat of summer, Is transformed by orchid and cassia to the purity of autumn. All things and self seem never-ending, This life, ultimately, is just to float.... --tr. by Stephen Addiss and K.S. Wong)
Period: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
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Century: 19th century
Primary Keywords: calligraphy
Secondary Keywords: genres
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 685 x 1477
File Size: 119 KB
Record: 1977/2.21
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Full citation: "Floating Endlessly; Shinozaki Shôchiku." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1977-sl-2.21/1977_2.21.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.