The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Nakajima Getsuryu's Haiku on Spring
1990s
(Japanese, 1923–2017)
Image: 36 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Overall: 146 x 54.5 cm (57 1/2 x 21 7/16 in.)
Gift of the Artist 2011.20
Location: not on view
Description
Takaki Seikaku, a calligrapher using kana script, was given the Prime Minister Prize at the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (the Nitten) in 1991 and the Bunkakorosha (Person of Cultural Merit) Award in 2006. He paired Japanese haiku and waka (another classical Japanese verse) on delicate decorative papers. Here, he transcribed Nakajima Getsuryu’s 20th-century haiku; from top to bottom and from right to left, it reads, "In the spring mountain, the melting water is hitting on rocks."- 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. 90, no. 90
- 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).
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Source URL:
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