id: 169292
accession number: 2011.17
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.17
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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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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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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).
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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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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. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page number: Mentioned: p. 97; Reproduced: p. 94, no. 95
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