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Collection Online as of May 13, 2024

Flower Shade

Flower Shade

c. 1988
(Japanese, 1915–2012?)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Mounted: 56 x 26 cm (22 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Each fan: 15 x 50.8 cm (5 7/8 x 20 in.)
Gift of Hakuryu Ninomiya 1988.122
Location: not on view

Description

The calligraphy of poems still inspires many contemporary artists. Here, Ninomiya Hakuryu expressed his sensitive playfulness by writing the title of this work, Flower Shade, on a fan turned at a 90-degree angle and a haiku on the fan-shaped paper below.
  • 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. 95; reproduced: P. 89, no. 89
  • 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=Flower Shade|url=false|author=Ninomiya Hakuryū|year=c. 1988|access-date=13 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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