id:			90151
accession number:	2015.463
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Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows, 1400s. Ikkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 104 x 34.8 cm (40 15/16 x 13 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.463

title:				Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1481
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creditline:			Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	hanging scroll, ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Ikkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 104 x 34.8 cm (40 15/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	How many days has it rid itself of the crow’s cloth? It knows not!/
Lovely is its body so nimble and neat./
Neither men of wealth, courtly position, or power can come close to the unfettered, noble swallow!/
With the coming of spring, it seems to be flying about, dancing around the grass hut of the foolish Priest.

signed: Unkasō Isshi Tōkai jun Ikkyū shi ga ippitsu
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	inscription:	outer box inscribed: Ikkyū Ōshō Enshi-zu Jigasan
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	inscription:	inner box side lid inscribed: Showa 50 (1975), November by Tayama Honan with kao
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	inscription:	Inner box side lid inscribed: Ikkyū Ōshō Bokuseki
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics:  Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea
	opening date:   2000-03-19T00:00:00
	<i>Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics:  Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-01-02T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 2-July 9, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George Gund III [1937-2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2015
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cunningham, Michael R., Shinʼichi Miyajima, and Yūji Yamashita.<em> Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics: Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 4, pp. 28-30
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	Longhi, Leighton R. <em>Leighton R. Longhi: Forty-Five Years in Asian Art. </em>[New York, N.Y.]: Leighton R. Longhi, 2019.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 42, fig. 16
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