Inscription, from Album of Precious Works from Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters
1817
Rai Sanyō
Rai Sanyō (Japanese, 1780–1832)
Japanese Art
Inscription, from Album of Precious Works from Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters, 1817. Rai Sanyō (Japanese, 1780–1832). Double-leaf from a pair of folding-albums; ink on silk; each page: 25.9 x 18 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.117.1.1 From a samurai family, Rai Sanyō sought to evade training to be a bureaucrat, leading his father to lock him in his room for three years.
- Maker/Artist
- Rai Sanyō
- Classification
- Portfolio
- Formatted Medium
- Double-leaf from a pair of folding-albums; ink on silk
- Medium
- double-leaf, from, pair, folding-albums, ink, silk
- Dimensions
- Each page: 25.9 x 18 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1972.117.1.1
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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