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"tombstone": "Poem from the \"Collection of Ancient and Modern Verse\" (\u53e4\u4eca\u548c\u6b4c\u96c6\u306e\u5185 \u548c\u6b4c\u4e00\u9996), 2011. Takaki Seikaku (Japanese, 1923\u20132017). Hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper with cut gold; 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.); mounted: 120 x 40 cm (47 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, 2011.22",
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"title": "Poem from the \"Collection of Ancient and Modern Verse\"",
"title_in_original_language": "\u53e4\u4eca\u548c\u6b4c\u96c6\u306e\u5185 \u548c\u6b4c\u4e00\u9996",
"creation_date": "2011",
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"department": "Japanese Art",
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"type": "Calligraphy",
"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.); Mounted: 120 x 40 cm (47 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)",
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"inscription": "\u3064\u308b\u304b\u3081\u3082\u3061\u3068\u305b\u306e\u306e\u3061\u306f\u3057\u3089\u306a\u304f\u306b\u3042\u304b\u306c\u3053\u3053\u308d\u306b\u307e\u304b\u305b\u306f\u3066\u3066\u3080",
"inscription_translation": "The crane and the turtle/ \nafter the passage of a thousand years/ \nmeet I know not what,/ \nyet with all the longing of my heart,/ \nthat is what I wish for you.",
"inscription_remark": "Translated by Thomas McAuley. Poem 355 from the Collection of Ancient and Modern Verse. Composed for Fujiwara no Miyoshi\u2019s sixtieth birthday and traditionally attributed to Ariwara no Shigeharu.",
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"current": [
{
"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": "Collection of the artist, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"date": "?\u20132011",
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"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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"date": "2011\u2013",
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"did_you_know": "Poem number 355 from the Collection of Ancient and Modern Verse dates to the ninth century.",
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"description": "This calligraphy is a copy of an ancient Japanese poem originally composed to celebrate someone\u2019s 60th birthday, when people are traditionally considered to enter a new phase of life. It expresses hopes for longevity, symbolized by a bird and animal who legendarily have long lives. It says:
The crane and the turtle
after the passage of a thousand years
meet I know not what,
yet with all the longing of my heart,
that is what I wish for you.",
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"citation": "So\u0306n, Su\u0306ng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.",
"page_number": "cat. no. 92",
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"updated_at": "2026-07-18 11:14:36.321000"
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