Parody of a Beautiful Woman as Rin Nasei (Ch. Lin Hejing) with Crane, mid 18th century, Kawamata Tsunemasa, Japanese, act. 1720s-1740s, 35 × 10 3/4 in. ( × cm) (image), Ink, color, and gold on paper, Japan, 18th century, In this parody of the ancient Chinese poet Lin Hejing (also Lin Bu; 967–1028), a fashionable courtesan poses with a crane beneath the delicate blossoms of a plum tree in the cold of early spring. Lin Hejing is said to have lived alone on an island—Gushan, or 'Solitary Hill'—in the middle of Hangzhou’s fabled West Lake. The poet’s only acquaintances were pet cranes

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