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Also known as Minghuang (Jp: Meikou –Ÿc). Ch: Xuanzong (685-762). The sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty, well-known for his patronage of scholarship, religion and the arts, including his founding of the Hanlin ŠË—Ñ painting Academy in 754. His love for Yangguifei (Jp: *Youkihi —k‹M”Ü; 719-56) and the political patronage of her family, however, culminated in a rebellion in 755 led by An Lushan (Jp: An Rokusan ˆÀ˜\ŽR; ?-757) that forced Xuanzong and his love to flee from the capital in Changan (Jp: Chouan ’·ˆÀ) to the province of Shu å† (or Sichuan Žlì).Gensou was painted by Chinese in several contexts, including official idealized portraits, didactic paintings of Good and Bad Emperors teikan-zu ’éŠÓ}, and the Journey to Shu (Ch: Minghuang Xingshu, Jp: Meikou Koushoku –ŸcKå†). The earliest Japanese depictions of Gensou follow Chinese illustrations of The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Ch: Chang henge, Jp:Chougonka ’·Š‰Ì), a narrative ode by Bai Letian (Jp: *Haku Rakuten ”’Šy“V; 772-846). The theme was painted in the Muromachi period, but the earliest extant examples are *Kanouha Žë–ì”h screens from the Momoyama period. In Japan, Gensou is almost always depicted with Youkihi, and by the Momoyama period the couple were often shown together with Tang courtiers in a subject called *fuuryuujin-zu •——¬w}. In the Edo period *Maruyama-Shijouha ‰~ŽRŽlð”h and *ukiyo-e •‚¢ŠG artists often exploited the erotic implications of the Gensou-Youkihi theme.
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