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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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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
Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics: Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea. 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
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. 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. Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics: Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 4, pp. 28-30
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Longhi, Leighton R. Leighton R. Longhi: Forty-Five Years in Asian Art. [New York, N.Y.]: Leighton R. Longhi, 2019.
page number: Reproduced: p. 42, fig. 16
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