The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Clouds Follow Dragon

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.)
Location: not on view

Description

A professor at Daito Bunka University, Takaki Seiu here focused on the importance of personality. These three characters read from right to left, conveying the message "clouds follow a dragon." Takaki claims that many people prefer to follow an individual who possesses a considerate and warm personality--much like clouds follow a dragon.
  • 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).
  • {{cite web|title=Clouds Follow Dragon|url=false|author=Takaki Seiu|year=2008|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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