id: 164625 accession number: 2006.135.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2006.135.1 updated: 2023-08-24 00:13:28.796000 Su Shi (So Shoku), early 1600s. Unkoku Tōgan (Japanese, 1547–1618). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, light color, and gold on paper; image: 155.5 x 360 cm (61 1/4 x 141 3/4 in.); overall: 172 x 374 cm (67 11/16 x 147 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2006.135.1 title: Su Shi (So Shoku) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early 1600s creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1620 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) technique: one of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, light color, and gold on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Folding screen type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Unkoku Tōgan (Japanese, 1547–1618) - artist --- measurements: Image: 155.5 x 360 cm (61 1/4 x 141 3/4 in.); Overall: 172 x 374 cm (67 11/16 x 147 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Each screen in the pair is impressed with two seals arranged vertically, a round "Unkoku" seal above and square "Togan" seal below. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art opening date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00 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). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017 opening date: 2017-01-09T05:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 24a. --- PROVENANCE Mr. Shinkichiro Ishimitsu, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture; Mr. Mitsuru Tajima date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This pair of screens depicts episodes from the stories of famed Song-dynasty poets Su Shi of the 1000s and Zhou-dynasty official Pan Lang of the 900s. Both men were banished by their rulers for their perceived missteps. Su Shi’s comments on a series of economic reforms were seen as criticism of the emperor. Pan Lang composed an ill-advised verse about one of the king’s horses. In the left screen Pan rides backward on his donkey as he returns from exile so that he may have a last look at his now beloved Mount Hua. Su Shi, in the right screen, is shown embarking on his journey into exile. The artist of these screens, Unkoku Tōgan, was the founder of the Unkoku school of painting, which emulated the style of renowned ink painter Sesshū Tōyō (1420–1506). Tōgan was the official painter of the Mori family of what is now Yamaguchi prefecture in the south of Japan. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 24a url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2006.135.1/2006.135.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2006.135.1/2006.135.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2006.135.1/2006.135.1_full.tif