id:			169281
accession number:	2011.16
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.16
updated:		2023-01-11 21:00:44.857000

Reserving the Mundane Life, 1979. Aoyama Sanu (Japanese, 1912–1993). Ink on paper; image: 43 x 68.5 cm (16 15/16 x 26 15/16 in.); framed: 57 x 83 cm (22 7/16 x 32 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Aoyama Keiji 2011.16

title:				Reserving the Mundane Life
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creation date:			1979
creation date earliest:		1979
creation date latest:		1979
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creditline:			Gift of Aoyama Keiji
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culture:	Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89)
technique:	ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Handscroll
type:		Calligraphy
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CREATORS

* Aoyama Sanu (Japanese, 1912–1993)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 43 x 68.5 cm (16 15/16 x 26 15/16 in.); Framed: 57 x 83 cm (22 7/16 x 32 11/16 in.)
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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
	<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 96

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PROVENANCE

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The calligrapher Aoyama Sanu was decorated as a Bunkakorosha (Person of Cultural Merit) in 1988 and was presented the Bunka Kunsho (Order of Culture) in 1992. Read from right to left, the two characters here translate to "reserving dust." Aoyama reflected upon the preciousness of everyday life by reserving the mundane life.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 97; reproduced: P. 95, no. 96
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