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![This painting depicts a solitary bird perched on a tropical banana plant. There are inscriptions and signature of the artist on the upper left-hand corner: "A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi, as he goes south. Baishi."](/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDUvMjUvNG95eXJpYTFnMF9kZWZhdWx0LmpwZyJdLFsicCIsInRodW1iIiwiMjQweDIwMCJdXQ?sha=a51fd4ecbe0f8d90 "This painting depicts a solitary bird perched on a tropical banana plant. There are inscriptions and signature of the artist on the upper left-hand corner: "A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi, as he goes south. Baishi."")
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![This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar sits with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:<br />
Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian<br />
There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.](/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDUvMjUvNTQyNjVwZXdxb19kZWZhdWx0LmpwZyJdLFsicCIsInRodW1iIiwiMjQweDIwMCJdXQ?sha=b50c74b90771d5d0 "This large painting of a scholar and two roosters. The scholar sits with books piled behind him, while the roosters below crane their necks to look back at him. The calligraphy on the top right reads:<br />
Would Your Excellency, my dear friend Xiaoting, kindly point out the inadequacies of this work? Ren Yi [a.k.a.] Bonian<br />
There are also two seals of the artist and one collectors seal.")
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Solitary Bird Perched on a Banana Plant
Accession Number
1949/1.196
Title
Solitary Bird Perched on a Banana Plant
Artist(s)
Qi Baishi
Object Creation Date
circa 1920
Medium & Support
ink on paper
Dimensions
60 in x 21 in (152.4 cm x 53.34 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
Label copy
Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930
May 18, 2013 – September 1, 2013
Qi Baishi
China, 1864–1957
Solitary Bird Perched on a Banana Plant
circa 1930
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1949/1.196
inscribed:
A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi as he travels south. Baishi
Qi Baishi inscribed and gifted this painting of a lone bird and a banana plant to Sotokichi Katsuizumi before he returned to Japan in 1931. “South” in the inscription indicates Tokyo, which is south of Beijing.
Subject matter
In 1922, a friend persuaded Baishi to submit paintings to a Sino-Japanese art exhibition in Japan. It was a spectacular success: his paintings sold for far higher prices than he had been earning in China and several were chosen for an exhibition in Paris, which led to international fame. The Japanese remained some of Baishi’s most eager customers, although he increasingly refused their requests after Japanese incursions into China in the early 1930s.
However, this painting was a gift for the artist's Japanese friend. The artist inscription indicates that it was a farewell gift for his Japanese friend Katsuizumi Sotokichi when he left Beijing for a more southerly post.
It perhaps anticipates that Katsuizumi would be lonely in his new environment. Made in probably the 1920s, it quietly bears witness to an earlier and more congenial phase in Chinese-Japanese relations.
Physical Description
This painting depicts a solitary bird perched on a tropical banana plant. There are inscriptions and signature of the artist on the upper left-hand corner: "A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi, as he goes south. Baishi."
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
hanging scroll
Collection Area
Asian
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
1949/1.196
Title
Solitary Bird Perched on a Banana Plant
Artist(s)
Qi Baishi
Object Creation Date
circa 1920
Medium & Support
ink on paper
Dimensions
60 in x 21 in (152.4 cm x 53.34 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
Label copy
Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930
May 18, 2013 – September 1, 2013
Qi Baishi
China, 1864–1957
Solitary Bird Perched on a Banana Plant
circa 1930
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1949/1.196
inscribed:
A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi as he travels south. Baishi
Qi Baishi inscribed and gifted this painting of a lone bird and a banana plant to Sotokichi Katsuizumi before he returned to Japan in 1931. “South” in the inscription indicates Tokyo, which is south of Beijing.
Subject matter
In 1922, a friend persuaded Baishi to submit paintings to a Sino-Japanese art exhibition in Japan. It was a spectacular success: his paintings sold for far higher prices than he had been earning in China and several were chosen for an exhibition in Paris, which led to international fame. The Japanese remained some of Baishi’s most eager customers, although he increasingly refused their requests after Japanese incursions into China in the early 1930s.
However, this painting was a gift for the artist's Japanese friend. The artist inscription indicates that it was a farewell gift for his Japanese friend Katsuizumi Sotokichi when he left Beijing for a more southerly post.
It perhaps anticipates that Katsuizumi would be lonely in his new environment. Made in probably the 1920s, it quietly bears witness to an earlier and more congenial phase in Chinese-Japanese relations.
Physical Description
This painting depicts a solitary bird perched on a tropical banana plant. There are inscriptions and signature of the artist on the upper left-hand corner: "A farewell gift for Mr. Katsuizumi, as he goes south. Baishi."
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
hanging scroll
Collection Area
Asian
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
