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The artist Ryuho was one of the first to produce haiga, simple paintings inscribed with the brief, seventeen-syllable poems known as haiku (hokku). The image of a monk in a boat recalls the subject of Yentou, a ninth-century Zen Buddhist priest who withdrew from the persecution of Buddhism in the late Tang dynasty to live at Lake Dongting in Hunan, where he made his livelihood as a ferryman. He is said to have exchanged enigmatic questions and answers with his passengers.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
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