id: 169367 accession number: 2011.22 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.22 updated: 2023-03-23 11:10:06.201000 A Poem of Longevity from Kokin Wakashu, late 1900s. Takaki Seikaku (Japanese, 1923–2017). Ink on decorative paper; sheet: 36 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.); image: 18.5 x 21.5 cm (7 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.); overall: 120 x 40 cm (47 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2011.22 title: A Poem of Longevity from Kokin Wakashu title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1900s creation date earliest: 1970 creation date latest: 1999 current location: creditline: Gift of the Artist copyright: --- culture: Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89) to Heisei period (1989-2019) technique: ink on decorative paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Calligraphy find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Takaki Seikaku (Japanese, 1923–2017) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 36 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.); Image: 18.5 x 21.5 cm (7 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Overall: 120 x 40 cm (47 1/4 x 15 3/4 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 --- PROVENANCE Collection of the artist, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-2011 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2011- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: On this delicate decorative paper, Takaki Seikaku recorded a poem about longevity. Poem number 355 from Kokin wakashu reads, "Crane and turtle are only one thousand year[s old]. I endlessly wish for your longevity." --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. page number: cat. no. 92 url: --- IMAGES