甜瓜 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	甜瓜
品名（英）	Melons
入馆年号	2015年，2015.300.63
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Yamada Dōan【1550 至 1599】【日本人】
创作年份	公元 1567 - 公元 1599
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 13 1/4 × 18 1/8 英寸 (33.6 × 46 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 47 1/2 × 23 7/8 英寸 (120.7 × 60.6 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 47 1/2 × 25 13/16 英寸 (120.7 × 65.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	水果和蔬菜的图像经常在禅寺中作为对佛教偶像的象征性供奉。尽管类似的图像在中国宋朝早期就已经产生，但室町后期，孤立的水果或蔬菜的水墨画在日本流行起来，当时它们与中国禅宗艺术家木岐（约1210年-1269年之后）联系在一起。一幅关于这个主题和尺寸的画本可以在夏季的茶会上展出几代艺术家都有Dōan的名字，尽管"Yamada shi D \333 an"印章可能属于15-16世纪末的一位领主，当时该国大部分地区都卷入了内战。尽管他是军事精英的一员，但他本可以接受宗教命令，进入修炼的禅宗圈子，从艺术家僧侣那里学习水墨画技巧，以极简主义的方法和对比鲜明的墨水色调创作出这种对甜瓜的描绘。
介绍（英）	Images of fruits and vegetables were often displayed in Zen temples as symbolic offerings to Buddhist icons. Although similar images were produced earlier in Song dynasty China, ink paintings of isolated fruits or vegetables became popular in Japan during the late Muromachi period, when they were associated with the Chinese Chan (Zen) artist Muqi (ca. 1210–after 1269). A painting of this subject and size could have been displayed at tea gatherings during the summer season. Several generations of artists bore the name Dōan, although the seal “Yamada-shi Dōan” may have belonged to a lord of the late 15th–16th century, when much of the country was involved in civil war. Although a member of the military elite, he could have taken religious orders and entered cultivated Zen circles, learning techniques of ink painting from artist-monks to create this depiction of melons with a minimalist approach and contrasting ink tones.