The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 10, 2024
Clouds Follow Dragon
2008
(Japanese, born 1949)
Image: 97 x 170 cm (38 3/16 x 66 15/16 in.); Framed: 110 x 181 cm (43 5/16 x 71 1/4 in.)
Gift of the Artist 2011.18
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Takaki Seiu is a professor emeritus of Daito Bunka University.Description
These three characters, read from right to left, convey the meaning that people prefer to follow an individual who possesses a considerate and warm personality—much like clouds follow a dragon, a motif found in classical East Asian visual culture and literature.- 2008–2011Collection of the Artist, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2011–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 and reproduced: P. 96-97, no. 97
- 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).
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