Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy
late 1300s–1400s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy, late 1300s–1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Fragment of a handscroll remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; painting: 29.1 x 44.5 cm (11 7/16 x 17 1/2 in.); mounted: 113.2 x 56.6 cm (44 9/16 x 22 5/16 in.); with knobs: 113.2 x 61.2 cm (44 9/16 x 24 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1985.88 The monk Myōe kept a diary of his dreams that survives in fragments today.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Fragment of a handscroll remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 29.1 x 44.5 cm (11 7/16 x 17 1/2 in.); Mounted: 113.2 x 56.6 cm (44 9/16 x 22 5/16 in.); with knobs: 113.2 x 61.2 cm (44 9/16 x 24 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.88
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1985, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation, National Treasures: Frolicking Animals
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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