Ri Kou shaseki　李広射石

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Ch: Li Guang sheshi. Lit. Li Guang shooting a rock. The Han dynasty archer Li Guang (Jp: Ri Kou 李広) who, on a trip to Nanshan (Jp: Nanzan 南山), saw a large rock in a clump of grass. Thinking it was a tiger, he shot an arrow but with such force that it penetrated the stone. The best known Japanese painting of this somewhat rare theme is by Ogata Kourin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716; Tokyo National Museum).

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