Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern, dated 1988

Dimensions: Height 69.0 cm, Width 22.5 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • poem the red beans wang wei running script hanging scroll zhao puchu 1988 ink paper

In August 1987, a Chinese Buddhist delegation led by Zhao Puchu paid a visit to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum where a calligraphic work written by Zhao Puchu's great-great-great grandfather Zhao Wenkai, along with the history of his mission to the Ryukyu Islands, was introduced in details to Zhao Puchu. The text of the work was The Red Beans, a poem composed by Wang Wei. To echo his ancestor's calligraphic work, the 82-year-old gentleman wrote this poem in 1988, with angled, coherent brushwork exhibiting a dynamic momentum.