Idly Watching the Children Catch Willow Catkins, from the album Figures in Settings
Artist/Maker
Zhāng Hóng 张宏 / 張宏
(Chinese, 1577–1668)
Date1649
MediumAlbum leaf, ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 8 in. (28.6 × 20.3 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (37.1 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (37.1 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
PortfolioFigures in Settings
Object number1997.29.14H
Status
Not on viewTitle inscription: 閑看兒童捉柳花
The title and imagery connect this scene to a poem by Yáng Wànlǐ 楊萬里 (1127–1206) of the southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279). The title is the second line of the poem, which reads: “The day lengthens; I rise from a nap with no sense of purpose and idly watch boys catching willow catkins.” *
*日長睡起無情思， 閑看兒童捉柳花。
Exhibition History
The title and imagery connect this scene to a poem by Yáng Wànlǐ 楊萬里 (1127–1206) of the southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279). The title is the second line of the poem, which reads: “The day lengthens; I rise from a nap with no sense of purpose and idly watch boys catching willow catkins.” *
*日長睡起無情思， 閑看兒童捉柳花。
The Cultured Landscape in China and Japan
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 6, 2007 - August 13, 2007 )
A Century of Asian Art at Oberlin: Chinese Paintings
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 6, 2017 - December 10, 2017 )
Collections
- Asian
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