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Du Fu's Poem

Du Fu's Poem

1983
(Japanese, 1912–1993)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89)
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Image: 161 x 38.5 cm (63 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.); Mounted: 220 x 52 cm (86 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Gift of Aoyama Keiji 2011.17.2
Location: not on view

Description

Aoyama Sanu was a calligrapher and a professor at Daito Bunka University who transformed the literati calligraphy of the Chinese Qing period. He expressed his admiration for the faithful spirit by transcribing in a running script the 6th-century poems of the Tang poet Du Fu. The hanging scroll on the right reads, "Inscription on the wall of monk Xuan Wu’s studio"; the hanging scroll on the left, "Staying at boat in Kui Zhou and not getting on the land because of the heavy rain."
  • 1983–2011
    Aoyama family collection, Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2011–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 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. 94, no. 95
  • 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=Du Fu's Poem|url=false|author=Aoyama Sanu|year=1983|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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