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A Poem of Spring from Manyoshu

A Poem of Spring from Manyoshu

late 1900s
(Japanese, 1923–2017)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89) to Heisei period (1989-2019)
ink on decorative paper
Sheet: 36 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Image: 13.5 x 15.5 cm (5 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Framed: 54 x 41 cm (21 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
Gift of the Artist 2011.21
Location: not on view

Description

Here, the calligrapher Takaki Seikaku copied poem number 4,514 from one of the oldest existing collections of Japanese poetry, Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves). From top to bottom and from right to left, the poem about spring reads, "After the New Year, the spring comes. First in my villa a uguisu bird [Japanese bush warbler] sings."
  • ?–2011
    Takaki Seikaku 高木聖鶴 [1923–2017], Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2011–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned: p. 95; Reproduced: pp. 91, no. 91
  • 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=A Poem of Spring from Manyoshu|url=false|author=Takaki Seikaku|year=late 1900s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.21