{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"37565"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Museum Associates Purchase Fund"},"labelText":{"label":"More Information","value":"Born in Edo (modern Tokyo), Nanko was a Nanga painter who first served under Masuyama Sessai (1754\u20131819), a member of the ruling Tsu clan in Ise province, who then became a pupil of Kimura Kenkado (1736\u20131802). Nanko later studied in Nagasaki and learned the Chinese manner of painting. At the time he was as well known as his contemporary Nanga artist, Tani Buncho (1763\u20131840). Nanko\u2019s image of Tao Yuanming followed the literary tradition but also reflected a new visualization of Tao and his anecdotes in the Edo period. Interested in more representational depiction and narrative structure, Nanko\u2019s Tao Yuanming seems a more than metaphysical and symbolic image. Nanko\u2019s painting achieved a poetic expression with his refreshing and elegant use of color, shading, and ink washes. (\"Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation in East Asian Art,\" curated by Cornell PhD student Yuhua Ding under the supervision of Ellen Avril and presented at the Johnson Museum January 23-June 12, 2016)"},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"62.3259 a"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Subject taken from life of famous Chinese poet Tao Yuanming (365-427). He stands in front of a boat, looking directly forward, while an oarsman poles towards a tree-lined shore. One attendant is seated inside the boat, and another waits by a thatched gate perhaps leading to the poet's rustic dwelling. Difference in tonal treatment of tree tops and leaves depicts mists or fog enveloping willow-like trees, thus creating an atmospheric depth.  Seals and signature of the painter on lower left.  \"Imitating the brush idea of Wu Ling.\" Wu is a Chinese painter in the Ming dynasty, whose style took after the Yuan masters."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Hanging scroll: ink and colors on silk"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":"62.3259_a_Disc18_144"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Homecoming of Tao Yuanming"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Paintings"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker / Culture","value":"Haruki Nanko"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/70879/full"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"late 18th-early 19th century"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"206786"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"40 3/8 x 17 3/8 inches (102.6 x 44.1 cm)"}}]}