Calligraphy, by Weiyi Daoshi (Jap. Uitsu Dōjitsu), 1680
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Calligraphy

Also titled Kalligrafie

Weiyi Daoshi (Jap. Uitsu Dōjitsu) (1620–1692)

1680

Medium
paper, ink
Classification
hanging scroll
Dimensions
height 0 cm x width 0 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift F. Hess, 2018)
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

An impeccably ordered and lucidly written text poses the question ‘who is happy wherever he goes?’ and asserts that those with the ability to look beyond everyday responsibilities can feel at home anywhere. Then ‘every landscape you see becomes your kin’.