id:			169305
accession number:	2011.18
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.18
updated:		2022-01-04 17:52:28.965000

Clouds Follow Dragon, 2008. Takaki Seiu (Japanese, born 1949). Ink on paper; image: 97 x 170 cm (38 3/16 x 66 15/16 in.); framed: 110 x 181 cm (43 5/16 x 71 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2011.18

title:				Clouds Follow Dragon
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creation date:			2008
creation date earliest:		2008
creation date latest:		2008
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creditline:			Gift of the Artist
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culture:	Japan, Heisei period (1989-2019)
technique:	ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Handscroll
type:		Calligraphy
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CREATORS

* Takaki Seiu (Japanese, born 1949)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 97 x 170 cm (38 3/16 x 66 15/16 in.); Framed: 110 x 181 cm (43 5/16 x 71 1/4 in.)
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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

* Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 97

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
A professor at Daito Bunka University, Takaki Seiu here focused on the importance of personality. These three characters read from right to left, conveying the message "clouds follow a dragon." Takaki claims that many people prefer to follow an individual who possesses a considerate and warm personality--much like clouds follow a dragon.
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