id:			169292
accession number:	2011.17
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.17
updated:		2023-03-23 11:10:06.151000

Du Fu's Poem (pair of scrolls), 1983. Aoyama Sanu (Japanese, 1912–1993). Ink on paper; image: 161 x 38.5 cm (63 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.); overall: 220 x 52 cm (86 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Aoyama Keiji 2011.17

title:				Du Fu's Poem (pair of scrolls)
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creation date:			1983
creation date earliest:		1983
creation date latest:		1983
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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 - Hanging scroll
type:		Calligraphy
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Image: 161 x 38.5 cm (63 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.); Overall: 220 x 52 cm (86 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	The hanging scroll on the right reads, "Inscription on the wall of monk Xuan Wu’s studio"; the hanging scroll on the left, "Staying at boat in Kui Zhou and not getting on the land because of the heavy rain."
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	remark:		

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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

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PROVENANCE

	Aoyama family collection, Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1983–2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2011–
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wall description:
Aoyama Sanu was a calligrapher and a professor at Daito Bunka University who transformed the literati calligraphy of the Chinese Qing period. He expressed his admiration for the faithful spirit by transcribing in a running script the 6th-century poems of the Tang poet Du Fu. The hanging scroll on the right reads, "Inscription on the wall of monk Xuan Wu’s studio"; the hanging scroll on the left, "Staying at boat in Kui Zhou and not getting on the land because of the heavy rain."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 97; Reproduced: p. 94, no. 95
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