Rei Shōjo (Ling Zhaonu)

霊昭女図

1500s
inscription by

Shunoku Sōen 春屋 宗園

(Japanese, 1529–1611)
Image: 97.6 x 37.2 cm (38 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Overall: 183.4 x 49.3 cm (72 3/16 x 19 7/16 in.); with knobs: 183.4 x 54.5 cm (72 3/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
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Legend has it that Chinese beauty Ling Zhaonu, whose name is pronounced Rei Shōjo in Japanese, was a model of devotion to her parents. She put great effort into selling baskets made by her elderly father, a devout Buddhist, thereby keeping the family afloat financially. The verse on the painting relates her story, and was inscribed by a Zen monk.
Rei Shōjo (Ling Zhaonu)

Rei Shōjo (Ling Zhaonu)

1500s

Shunoku Sōen

(Japanese, 1529–1611)
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

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