Su Shi (So Shoku)

early 1600s

Unkoku Tōgan

Unkoku Tōgan (Japanese, 1547–1618)

Japanese Art

Su Shi (So Shoku), early 1600s. Unkoku Tōgan (Japanese, 1547–1618). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, light color, and gold on paper; image: 155.5 x 360 cm (61 1/4 x 141 3/4 in.); overall: 172 x 374 cm (67 11/16 x 147 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2006.135.1

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Unkoku Tōgan
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: one of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, light color, and gold on paper
Medium: pair, six-panel, folding, screens, ink, light, color, gold, paper
Dimensions: Image: 155.5 x 360 cm (61 1/4 x 141 3/4 in.); Overall: 172 x 374 cm (67 11/16 x 147 1/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Each screen in the pair is impressed with two seals arranged vertically, a round "Unkoku" seal above and square "Togan" seal below.
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 2006.135.1
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017, Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 24a.
Rights Statement: CC0