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Tani Bunchō

Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai

late 1700s–1800s
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

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Shundai (1680–1747) was a noted Confucian scholar and writer. Brought up with a strongly Confucian family background, Bunchō’s veneration for Shundai is understandable. The inscription is by Nozawa Hikoroku, a scholar and poet contemporary with Bunchō.

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