Spring Mountains
Nanyuan Xingpai 南源性派 (Jp. Nangen Shōha, 1631-
1692)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
28.2 cm x 60.5 cm, 114.5 cm x 63 cm (mounted)
Collection of Harald Conrad
青帝令下已再三
春山染出色如藍
亭前縱目歸雲暮
雙鶴飛來作晚參
Following the decree of the Great Deity of the Eastern Peak (Cangdi),
The spring mountains gain fresh colors.
Gazing into the distance from our pavilion, the clouds return at dusk.
Two cranes arrive to attend the master’s evening lecture.
—trans. Harald Conrad