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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1979 creation date earliest: 1979 creation date latest: 1979 current location: creditline: Gift of Aoyama Keiji copyright: --- culture: Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89) technique: ink on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Handscroll type: Calligraphy find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Aoyama Sanu (Japanese, 1912–1993) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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 (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 96 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. page number: Mentioned: P. 97; reproduced: P. 95, no. 96 url: --- IMAGES