id:			156099
accession number:	1991.33
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.33
updated:		2025-02-08 21:16:41.907000

Letter from Bokusai to Monk Kesso, 1400s. Motsurin Jōtō (Japanese, d. 1492). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: 24.7 x 42 cm (9 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); overall: 110.8 x 60.7 cm (43 5/8 x 23 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Alan Carter Covell and Kyu J. Pak-Covell in honor of Dr. Jon Carter Covell 1991.33

title:				Letter from Bokusai to Monk Kesso
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1492
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creditline:			Gift of Alan Carter Covell and Kyu J. Pak-Covell in honor of Dr. Jon Carter Covell
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Calligraphy
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CREATORS

* Motsurin Jōtō (Japanese, d. 1492)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 24.7 x 42 cm (9 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); Overall: 110.8 x 60.7 cm (43 5/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Alan Carter Covell and Kyu J. Pak-Covell, California, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1991
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1991–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “Selected 1991 Acquisitions.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 2 (February 1992): 63–83.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 83, no. 178
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161350

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