One last look at text and image in a different medium.
7) For the previous question, we were looking at woodblock prints. Here, we have two paintings, both of which combine a poem with an image. In the fan painting, you have an image and a poem in Classical Japanese. In the second, you have four verses--the first is written in Classical Chinese, and the rest in Classical Japanese--thus, in this painting, you have play between two types of writing and an image. What does each convey? Which do you find more effective? Why?
Sakai Hōitsu Moonlight and calligraphy fan painting, ink on paper 8 11/16 in x 19 5/16 in (22.1 cm x 49 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Yosa Buson Broom, Poems, and Poets album leaf mounted as hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper 6 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in (16.5 cm x 29.2 cm);3 11/16 in x 17 3/16 in x 3 3/4 in (9.4 cm x 43.7 cm x 9.5 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund