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Chinese Servant Walking in the Rain

1500s

attributed to Gakuō Zōkyū

(Japanese, active about 1482–1514)
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Mounted: 131.8 x 44.2 cm (51 7/8 x 17 3/8 in.)
Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.512
Location: Not on view

Description

Attributed to the artist Gakuō, this painting has a spurious seal of the influential Shōkokuji temple monk-painter Tenshō Shūbun (died about 1444–50), with whom he is said to have trained. Gakuō may have hailed from Ise in present-day Wakayama prefecture, an area south of Kyoto in the Kansai region. Although not much is known about his life, inscriptions on some of his paintings indicate strong ties with eminent monks in Kyoto’s major Zen temples.
  • ?–2015
    George Gund III [1937–2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2015–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Reeds and Geese: Japanese Art from the Collection of George Gund III. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 21-September 3, 2017).
  • {{cite web|title=Chinese Servant Walking in the Rain|url=false|author=Gakuō Zōkyū|year=1500s|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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