The Poet Li Bo's Visit to Mount Emei, Shiokawa Bunrin, 1875
The Poet Li Bo's Visit to Mount Emei, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and gold on paper, Image (each): 59 5/8 in. x 11 ft. 6 5/8 in. ( x cm), Screens, Shiokawa Bunrin (Japanese, 1808–1877), Watery ink and small gold flecks sprinkled among valleys and mist create a luminous night scene under a hazy moon. The gentleman riding in the boat on the right screen is the famous Tang Chinese poet Li Bo (701–762), who was inspired by moonlit Mount Emei in Sichuan to compose a poem: The autumn moon is half round above the Emei Mountain; Its pale light falls in and flows with the water of the Pingqiang River
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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