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Creator.Personal Name: 碧城 Creator.Personal Name: Hekijo. Creator.Role: calligrapher Title: [Untitled] Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper; semicursive script kanji; signed by the artist; two artist's seal. Type: Calligraphy--Japanese. Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Japanese. Culture: Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Technique: painting. Material.Medium: ink. Material.Support: paper. Measurements: 28 x 44 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. Details:signature and seals. 
Translation of quotation from Li Shangyin's poem The Harp: 暖玉生 smoke rises from jade. Complete poem: Li Shangyin 李 商 隐, 812?- 858,also known as Li Yishan 李義山) 锦瑟 锦瑟无端五十弦 一弦一柱思华年 庄生晓梦迷蝴蝶 望帝春心托杜鹃 沧海月明珠有泪 蓝田日暖玉生烟 此情可待成追忆 只是当时已惘然 The Harp Why must the silky harp have fifty strings? Each reminds me of one of life's springs. In his dream Zhuangzi couldn't tell if he was a butterfly; Longings of Wangdi live on in the cuckoo bird's cry. In the Lost Sea moonlight, pearls have mermaids' tears; Under the Blue Plain warm sun, smoke rises from jade. Can my feelings be saved for later rememberance? No, even at the time everything was but a haze. Translation and text from Mysteries of Li Shangyin by Yuen Chung Kwong. |
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