A Japanese surimono woodblock print, attributed to Teisai Hokuba and dated circa 1801 to 1818, from the series Shunshoku ressenkyo. It shows Zhuangzi, the Chinese philosopher known in Japan as Soshi, at the moment of his celebrated butterfly dream, in which he could no longer tell whether he was a man who had dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly now dreaming he was a man. Held today by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Object TypePrint (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1 Physical Form
MediumSurimono print, attributed to Teisai Hokuba, circa 1801/18, Art Institute of Chicago 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names Chicago directly: "Held today by the Art Institute of Chicago."
Source Zhuangzi, from the series Shunshoku ressenkyo, Art Institute of Chicago
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Source Zhuangzi, from the series Shunshoku ressenkyo, Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago's own title for this surimono print names Zhuangzi as the subject of his own butterfly dream, corroborated by the British Museum's hanging scroll of the same subject.
Source Zhuangzi, from the series Shunshoku ressenkyo, Art Institute of Chicago
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1. Zhuangzi, from the series Shunshoku ressenkyo, Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago- Art Institute of Chicago 1928.408
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A Japanese surimono woodblock print, attributed to Teisai Hokuba and dated circa 1801 to 1818, from the series Shunshoku ressenkyo.
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