The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
Reserving the Mundane Life
1979
(Japanese, 1912–1993)
Image: 43 x 68.5 cm (16 15/16 x 26 15/16 in.); Framed: 57 x 83 cm (22 7/16 x 32 11/16 in.)
Gift of Aoyama Keiji 2011.16
Location: not on view
Description
The calligrapher Aoyama Sanu was decorated as a Bunkakorosha (Person of Cultural Merit) in 1988 and was presented the Bunka Kunsho (Order of Culture) in 1992. Read from right to left, the two characters here translate to "reserving dust." Aoyama reflected upon the preciousness of everyday life by reserving the mundane life.- Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned: P. 97; reproduced: P. 95, no. 96
- The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).
- {{cite web|title=Reserving the Mundane Life|url=false|author=Aoyama Sanu|year=1979|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.16