Ch: Li Bai (701-62). One of the two most famous poets of the early Tang dynasty along with Du Fu (Jp: *To Ho 杜甫, 712-70) who is depicted in a tradition of imaginary portraits. He used the pseudonym Taibai 太白 as well as the pen-name Hermit Qinglian (Ch: Qinglian Jushi, Jp: Shōren Koji 青蓮居士) Li Bai's biography is sketchy. He was supposedly born in the far west of China and traveled widely as a youth. A legendary carouser, Li was as prolific a drinker as a poet. According to legend he died after falling into a river while drunkenly trying to catch the reflection of the moon. The scene of Li Bai drunk, which derives from Du Fu's poem *Inchū hassen 飲中八仙 (Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup), was a favorite subject of Chinese and Japanese painters. Even better known is Li Bai gazing at a waterfall, based on his poem on seeing the falls at Mt. Lu, Rozan kanbaku-zu 廬山観瀑図 (Ch: Lushan Guanputu). The subject of a scholar gazing at a waterfall was painted frequently from the Southern Song period, but it was in the Japanese Zen 禅 communities, where Li Bai's poetry was admired and where Mt. Lu was considered a favorite pilgrimage spot, that it was identified as Li Haku. Notable paintings include works by Chūan Shinkō 仲安真康 (mid-15th century; Drucker Collection) and Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716). The theme was popular in *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 where mitate versions *mitate-e 見立絵 often feature the poet Ono no Komachi 小野小町 (see *nanakomachi 七小町) in the role of Li Bai.