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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 (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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wall description: 
The famed Buddhist monk Ikkyū is best remembered for his calligraphy. Calligraphic conventions of his time called for brushwork that did not vary much in style from character to character. However, as Ikkyū’s lines progress, his brushwork wanders between standard script and a sort of shorthand, marked by an uneven distribution of ink and a reduction of the characters to only the most necessary strokes. Ikkyū’s direct communication of emotion via brushwork became characteristic of the works produced by monks affiliated with the temple Daitokuji later in the Edo period (1615–1868).
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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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IMAGES

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