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Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass (Meshishiba)

early 1600s

Hon'ami Koetsu

(Japanese, 1558-1637)

calligraphy by

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

(Japanese, died c. 1640)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper

Overall: 23.2 x 346.6 cm (9 1/8 x 136 7/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1966.118

Location

not on view

Description

Hon’ami Koetsu was a Japanese craftsman, potter, lacquerer, and calligrapher whose work is generally considered to have inspired the founding of the Rimpa school of painting. Tawaraya Sotatsu was a Japanese artist who co-founded the Rimpa school. He began his career as a fan painter in Kyoto and later rose to work for the court as a producer of fine, decorated papers for calligraphy. Seven verses from the autumn section of Shinkokin wakashu were transcribed onto 11 sheets of colored paper printed in gold and silver, depicting a design featuring the Chinese lion (karashishi) and mehishiba grasses.

Provenance

(Harry C. Nail, Jr., El Dorado, Arkansas).

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 283 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 283 archive.org

Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969. Reproduced: pl. 53

Fischer, Felice and Edwin A. Cranston. The Arts of Honʼami Kōetsu: Japanese Renaissance Master. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: cat. no. 8, p. 40

Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Reproduced: cat. no. 86

Lippit, Yukio, James T. Ulak, Keiko Nakamachi, Shunroku Okudaira, Ryō Furuta, Takeshi Noguchi, and Aya Ōta. Sōtatsu. Washington, DC : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2015. Reproduced: cat. no. 20, pp. 212-215

Exhibition history

Masterpieces of Japanese Art. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969).

The Arts of Hon'ami Koetsu: Japanese Renaissance Master. Philadelphia Museum of Art (organizer) (July 29-October 29, 2000).

Rimpa. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (organizer) (August 21-October 3, 2004).

Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America. The Asia Society Museum (organizer) (February 10-August 9, 2009).

The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

Sotatsu: Making Waves. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (October 24, 2015-January 31, 2016).

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Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass (Meshishiba)

Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass (Meshishiba)

Hon'ami Koetsu

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

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