Zhang Zihou's 'Western Inscription', 1836, Ichikawa Beian, Japanese, 1779 - 1858, 15 ¡Ñ 33 1/8 in. (38.1 ¡Ñ 84.14 cm) (image)20 ¡Ñ 51 3/8 ¡Ñ 1 in. (50.8 ¡Ñ 130.49 ¡Ñ 2.54 cm) (outer frame), Ink on paper, Japan, 19th century, This is a rendering of a controversial text by the Chinese philosopher Zhang Zai (Zihou; 1020¡V1077) in which he envisions an all-encompassing, hierarchical order that links all individuals to the whole universe in a parent/child-like relationship. Ichikawa Beian executed it in a very clean and balanced style.