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Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity)

1700s

after Bunsei (Muncheong)

(Japanese or Korean, active mid-15th century)
inscription by

after Chikuan Daien

(Japanese, 1362–1439)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Overall: 63.1 x 28.8 cm (24 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.515
Location: Not on view

Description

Hanging scrolls with assorted poems above and ink paintings below produced within Japan's Zen monastic community during the 1400s and 1500s are called poem-painting scrolls (shigajiku). This small painting was created much later in emulation of such works. While the original works often have a preface followed by poems by different monks, this composition has only a preface.
  • Masuda collection
    ?–2015
    George Gund III [1937–2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2015–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics: Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).
  • {{cite web|title=Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity)|url=false|author=Bunsei (Muncheong), Chikuan Daien|year=1700s|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.515