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"tombstone": "Poem by Du Fu, 1983. Aoyama Sanu (Japanese, 1912\u20131993). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: 161 x 38.5 cm (63 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.); mounted: 220 x 52 cm (86 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Aoyama Keiji, 2011.17.2",
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"inscription": "\"\u8239\u4e0b\u5914\u5dde\u90ed\u5bbf\u96e8\u6fd5\u4e0d\u5f97\u4e0a\u5cb8\u5225\u738b\u5341\u4e8c\u5224\u5b98\".\n\u4f9d\u6c99\u5bbf\u8238\u8239\uff0c/ \n\u77f3\u7028\u6708\u5a1f\u5a1f\u3002/ \n\u98a8\u8d77\u6625\u71c8\u4e82\uff0c/ \n\u6c5f\u9cf4\u591c\u96e8\u61f8\u3002/ \n\u6668\u9418\u96f2\u5916\u6fd5\uff0c/ \n\u52dd\u5730\u77f3\u5802\u7159\u3002/ \n\u67d4\u6ad3\u8f15\u9dd7\u5916\uff0c/ \n\u542b\u60bd\u89ba\u6c5d\u8ce2\u3002",
"inscription_translation": "The hanging scroll on the left is a poem by Du Fu. \"Going Downriver by Boat to Kuizhou. I Spent the Night in the Outskirts, but Having Been Soaked by Rain, I Could Not Climb the Shore to Part with Administrative Assistant Wang \"\n\nI spent the night in the barge beached in the sand,/ \nthe moon was charming on the rocky shallows./ \nThen a wind rose up, and my spring lamp-fire flickered,/ \nthe river sang as the night rain hung down./ \nThe morning bell was wet beyond the clouds,/ \na splendid place, the mist of Stone Hall./ \nThe deftly plied sweep is beyond the light gulls,/ \nI feel a sorrow, realizing what a good man you are.",
"inscription_remark": "Translation by Stephen Owen, \"The Poetry of Du Fu\" Volume 1 (2016), poem no. 15.2, pp. 120\u2013121.",
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"id": 197104,
"title": "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art",
"description": "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).",
"opening_date": "2011-03-27T00:00:00"
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"id": 666805,
"title": "Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay",
"description": "Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7, 2024-June 15, 2025).",
"opening_date": "2024-06-07T04:00:00"
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"description": "Aoyama family collection, Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"description": "Aoyama Sanu used a calligraphic form called running script to brush this composition by Du Fu (712\u2013770) in a mode of classical Chinese poetry that features eight lines of five-character regulated verse. The poem concerns the complex mood brought on by spending a rainy night on a boat set for departure, unable to go ashore to say farewell to a friend who has made the journey possible. Du Fu is among the most well-known Chinese poets.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and So\u0306n Su\u0306ng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.",
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