The Renga Poet Botanka Shohaku Riding an Ox
Artist
Hanabusa Itcho
(Japanese, 1652–1724)
Dateby 1724
Mediumink on paper in a box with authentication slip
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Birgit Faber-Morse in honor of Elisabeth and Sidney N. Morse
Object number2011.456
Descriptionin a box with authentication slipBotanka Shohaku (1443-1527) was a renga (linked verse) poet who studied Zen under Ikkyu Sojun (d. 1481) and was famous as a free spirit. Shohaku usually rode an ox for transportation. "Botan" means peony.
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Hanabusa Itcho
