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Fireflies illuminate the surrounding reeds and flowing stream below. Bunrin's rendering of a humid atmosphere captures the serenity of a summer evening.Bunrin traced his artistic ancestry back to Maruyama Okyo (1733-95), famous for his efforts to create a Japanese counterpart to European realism. Bunrin also worked in the manner of Chinese literati painters. In this hanging scroll (and in "Bowl with Sparklers" [35.79]), painted toward the end of his life, there is a delight in atmospheric qualities, perhaps stimulated by recent exposure to the contrasting lights and darks of European paintings and prints.
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