id:			162868
accession number:	2003.353
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.353
updated:		2020-11-04 21:53:36.174000

Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu), 1600s. Yueshan Daozong (Chinese, 1629-1709). Handscroll; ink on paper; image: 28.6 x 64.1 cm (11 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.); overall with knobs: 115.6 x 73.8 cm (45 1/2 x 29 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow 2003.353

title:				Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu)
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1640
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	handscroll; ink on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Handscroll
type:		Calligraphy
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CREATORS

* Yueshan Daozong (Chinese, 1629-1709)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 28.6 x 64.1 cm (11 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 115.6 x 73.8 cm (45 1/2 x 29 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2018-08-13T04:00:00
	<i>Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 13, 2018-February 3, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Maine
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	(Chinese Porcelain Factory, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gow)
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	Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gow, Naples, FL, ?-2003, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2003-present
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wall description: 
This spontaneous, bold calligraphy style is characteristic of members of the Japanese Obaku sect of Chan Buddhism (Huangbo in Chinese), which was introduced to Japan by Chinese monks in the 1600s. The monk Yueshan immigrated to Japan from the Chinese province of Fujian, taking a priestly post at Mampukuji, the headquarters of the Obaku sect in Japan. He later became the seventh abbot of the distinguished temple.<br><br>Yueshan’s calligraphy features rounded characters that allow him to fuse strokes and characters in speedy brush movements. Here the text begins with the large character <em>chu </em>(“the beginning”), the initial focus of meditation on the text: <em>The dragon murmurs after sunset. The tiger roars before dawn.</em>
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