Kuurou 九老
KEY WORD : art history / paintings
 
Ch: Jiulao. Lit. nine old friends. An abbreviation of Kyuuroukai-zu 九老会図 (Ch: Jiulaohuitu). Paintings zu 図, of the elegant gathering kai 会, of the Tang poet Bai Letian (Jp: *Haku Rakuten 白楽天) and eight close friends in 845 at Luoyang (Jp: Rakuyou 洛陽). The eight are Hu Gao (Jp: Ko Kou 胡杲), Ji Min (Jp: Kitsu Min 吉みん), Zheng Ju (Jp: Tei Kyo 鄭拠), Liu Zhen (Jp: Ryuu Shin 劉真), Lu Zhen (Jp: Ro Shin 盧真), Qiu Jianmu(Jp: Teki Kenbo 狄兼謨), Lu Zhen (Jp: Ro Tei 盧貞 ), and Zhang Hun (Jp: Chou Kon 張渾). Japanese paintings of the subject by Maruyama Oukyo 円山応挙 (1733-95) and Watanabe Kazan 渡辺華山 (1793-1841) typically depict the nine in the loose robes of confucian gentlemen.
 
 

 
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