Li Yin

Place: Kuaiji (Shaoxing)

Born: 1610

Death: 1685

Biography:

Li Yin (Chinese: 李因; C. 1610 – 1685), also known by her courtesy name Jinsheng (今生) and her art names Shi'an (是庵) and Kanshan Nüshi, was a Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, noted for her flowers and birds. Her artwork was sought after in her lifetime, resulting in as many as forty imitators in her area producing fakes of her works. == Early life == Li Yin was born in Kuaiji (Shaoxing), Zhejiang, during the late Ming dynasty. Various sources give her year of birth as 1610, 1611, or 1616. Her family background is not known but according to a contemporary biographical sketch her parents made her study poetry and painting from an early age. They were poor enough that she was said to have stored up liver mosses as paper and persimmon sticks to write with. She likely made a living