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Rai San'yo

Japanese, 1780–1832

WA-00036953

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WikidataQ153320

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Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q153320
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About

Why this artist matters now

Rai San'yō was a Japanese Confucianist philosopher, historian, artist and poet of the later Edo period. His true name was Rai Noboru.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 17d ago

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Artworks (6)

A Chinese Verse on “Compiling History”

1826 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 52 5/8 × 14 1/2 in. (133.7 × 36.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 82 × 20 3/8 in. (208.3 × 51.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 82 × 23 3/4 in. (208.3 × 60.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Poem Accompanying an Over Robe (Uchikake) with a Bamboo Painting by Gion Nankai

1824 · Handscroll; ink on silk

11 7/8 x 116 3/4 in. (30.2 x 296.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Autumn Landscape

1823 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 52 1/16 in. × 11 in. (132.2 × 28 cm) Overall with mounting: 83 7/16 × 16 in. (212 × 40.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 83 7/16 × 17 13/16 in. (211.9 × 45.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Unexpected Meeting on the Yodo River

1823 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 50 1/8 × 10 11/16 in. (127.3 × 27.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 68 × 15 3/4 in. (172.7 × 40 cm) Overall with knobs: 68 × 17 3/4 in. (172.7 × 45.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Letter

1820 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Image: 6 1/8 × 12 in. (15.6 × 30.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 42 5/8 × 15 3/16 in. (108.3 × 38.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino

1816 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper

18 1/2 x 11 5/16 in. (47 x 28.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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6 published of 11 catalogued · 11 with image

The Met
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Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino
1816 · Met · 4 prov
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