Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass
early 1600s
Hon'ami Kōetsu
Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637)
Japanese Art
Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass, early 1600s. Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640). Handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper; overall: 23.2 x 346.6 cm (9 1/8 x 136 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1966.118 Hon’ami Kōetsu was a calligrapher and craftsman who frequently collaborated with the painter Tawaraya Sōtatsu, considered the first master of the Rinpa school. Kōetsu brushed seven poems from the autumn section of a poetry anthology onto dyed paper with motifs designed and printed in gold and silver by Sōtatsu. Before becoming a master painter of screens, Tawaraya Sōtatsu painted fans.
- Maker/Artist
- Hon'ami Kōetsu
- Classification
- Calligraphy
- Formatted Medium
- handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper
- Medium
- handscroll, ink, gold, silver, paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.2 x 346.6 cm (9 1/8 x 136 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Seal: 光悦 Translation: Kōetsu
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1966.118
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Rimpa, Japanese Calligraphy, The Arts of Hon'ami Koetsu: Japanese Renaissance Master, Rimpa, Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America, The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art, Sotatsu: Making Waves, Early Rinpa (Japanese gallery rotation) 235, <em>Masterpieces of Japanese Art</em>. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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