File:Bian Wenjin, Three Friends and a Hundred Birds.jpg

Summary

Bian Jingzhao: The "Three Friends" and a Hundred Birds

Artist

Bian Wenjin (邊文進), also known as Bian Jingzhao (邊景昭)



Alternative names	surname and name: 边景昭/邊景昭 courtesy name: 文进/文進
Description	Chinese painter
Date of birth/death	1355	1428
Location of birth	Longxi, Gansu, China
Work period	between 1426 and 1435 date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1426-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1435-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Authority file	: Q890745 VIAF: 22049667 ISNI: 0000000064264591 ULAN: 500334675 LCCN: nr97026368 NLA: 36724834 WorldCat

Title

Three Friends and a Hundred Birds
三友百禽

Object type

painting

Description

The painting depicts the "Three Friends of Winter"—represented by pine, bamboo, and plum blossom—and 97 birds of various species.

Several but not all of the birds have been identified. Those identified include the Spotted-necked Dove (A, 1), Japanese Waxwing (A, 1), Yellow-billed Grosbeak (B, 1), Eurasian Blackbird (A, 1), Japanese White-eye (A, 4), Scarlet Minivet (C, 2), Black-throated Laughingthrush (A, 2), Azure-winged Magpie (A, 2), Japanese Waxwing (A, 1), Fork-tailed Sunbird (D, 1), White-throated Rock Thrush (A, 3), Scaly-breasted Munia (A, 4), Red Turtle Dove (A, 1), Vinous-throated Parrotbill (A, 2), Crested Myna (A, 3), White Wagtail (A, 1), Slaty-blue Flycatcher (D, 2), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (A, 28), White-whiskered Laughingthrush (D, 1), Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (A, 1), Orange-bellied Leafbird (A, 1), Great Tit (A, 3), Oriental Magpie Robin (A, 2), Red-billed Leiothrix (A, 3), Chinese Hwamei (A, 1), Siberian Blue Robin (C, 1), Arctic Warbler (A, 1), Chestnut-cheeked Starling (D, 1), Barred Buttonquail (D, 1), Light-vented Bulbul (A, 1), Japanese Bush Warbler (D, 3), Common Redpoll (A, 1), Oriental Skylark (A, 1), Masked Laughingthrush (A, 1), Greater Short-toed Lark (C, 1), and Daurian Redstart (A, 2).

(A) Corresponding to a known bird species
(B) Somewhat generalized, but still an identifiable bird species
(C) Identifiable, but problematic and not with complete certainty
(D) Only roughly identifiable, bird species cannot be confirmed

See the reference for more information.

Date

1413

Dimensions

151.3 x 78.1 cm

Collection

National Palace Museum

	Native name	國立故宮博物院
	Location	Taipei
	Coordinates	25° 06′ 08.48″ N, 121° 32′ 54.57″ E
	Established	1925
	Website	www.npm.gov.tw
	Authority file	: Q540668 VIAF: 153614786 ISNI: 0000000121886945 LCCN: n81062107 NLA: 36605114 GND: 80348-0 WorldCat

Accession number

故-畫-000397-00000

Place of creation

China during the Ming dynasty

Inscriptions

永樂癸巳秋七月。隴西邊景昭寫三友百禽圖于長安官舍。
In the seventh month of the guisi year of the Yongle reign, Bian Jingzhao of Longxi painted 'Three Friends and a Hundred Birds' at the official's residence in 'Chang'an'.

Note 1: The guisi year of the Yongle reign translates to the year 1413.
Note 2: The term Chang'an (literally "eternal peace") here was probably in reference to the then capital Nanjing.

References

The Sound of Many Birds, the Moving Nature of Each: Bian Wenjin's "Three Friends and a Hundred Birds" (2010 exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.
(Web archive link)

Source/Photographer

For the 13 February 2008 upload, the source is Pien Wen-chin: Three Friends and a Hundred Birds. Nigensha.
For the 1 April 2010 and 25 September 2019 upload, no source was provided by the uploader.

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Licensing

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:39, 25 September 2019	1,808 × 3,558 (1.48 MB)	Eugene a	H.res.
	18:48, 1 April 2010	972 × 1,777 (679 KB)	Eugene a	Best version
	23:46, 13 February 2008	282 × 550 (77 KB)	PericlesofAthens	{{Information \|Description=''Three Friends and a Hundred Birds'', by Chinese artist Bian Wenjin, Ming Dynasty period, ink and color on silk. \|Source=http://www.nigensha.co.jp/kokyu/en/p34.html \|Date=1413 \|Author=Bian Wenjin \|Permission={{PD-art}} \|other_v

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