id: 169281
accession number: 2011.16
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.16
updated: 2025-06-20 11:29:58.004000
Storing 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: Storing Life
title in original language: 貯塵
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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: Japanese and Korean Art
opening date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00
The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).
title: Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay
opening date: 2024-06-07T04:00:00
Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7, 2024-June 15, 2025).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Aoyama family collection, Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1979–2024
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2024–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page number: Mentioned: P. 97; reproduced: P. 95, no. 96
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