The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, later 1700s. Creator: Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781)
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The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, later 1700s. Creator: Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781)
The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, later 1700s. Responding to the desires of the middle class ( chonin ), some late Edo period Japanese painters moved away from the seriousness associated with the Chinese theme of reclusion, focusing instead on the motifs humorous aspects. The theme Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup is based on a poem by the renowned 8th-century Chinese poet Du Fu about his eight colleagues. These scholars eagerly sought release from their official governmental duties and then supposedly fled the capital for the countryside. There, they engaged in wildly eccentric behavior and adventurous creative work, all fueled by copious amounts of wine. Shohakus version of events exaggerates the scholars pleasure, as seen in their comical facial expressions
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