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Clouds Follow Dragon

雲従龍

2008

Takaki Seiu 高木聖雨

(Japanese, born 1949)
Japan, Heisei period (1989–2019)
ink on paper
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
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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.
Clouds Follow Dragon

Clouds Follow Dragon

2008

Takaki Seiu

(Japanese, born 1949)
Japan, Heisei period (1989–2019)

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