The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 16, 2026

A vertically oriented tan paper, mounted on cream backing, is inked with fluid black Chinese calligraphy. Three columns of large script show varying thick and thin brushstrokes. A shorter column of smaller text sits beside a signature on our left. A small red square seal marks the top right corner, while two more sit in the lower left corner below the signature.

Calligraphy

early to mid-1800s

Kan Sazan

(Japanese, 1748–1827)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
leaf from a pair of albums; ink and light color on paper
Sheet: 25.7 x 16.5 cm (10 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.117.1.12
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1972
    (Kuniyoshi Miura, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1972–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH
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