Talk:Itō Jakuchū

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This is the poem from the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu, from which the name Jakuchū derives.

What is most perfect seems somehow lacking,
Yet its use is unimpaired.
The greatest fullness is like a void,
But its function never fails.
The most straight appears crooked,
While ultimate skill seems somehow clumsy,
And the greatest eloquence like stuttering.
Movement thus triumphs over cold, and inaction over heat.
All of heaven is thus set straight through quietude.

(Translation by Money Hickman)

Rosenfield, John M. (1999). Extraordinary Persons: Works by Eccentric, Nonconformist Japanese Artists of the Early Modern Era (1580-1868) in the Collection of Kimiko and John Powers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Art Museums.

I wasn't sure if this quite belonged in the article space, but I find it interesting and valuable, so I'm putting it here. LordAmeth 21:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)