Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity)

1700s

Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity), 1700s. After Bunsei (Muncheong) (Japanese or Korean, active mid-15th century), after Chikuan Daien (Japanese, 1362–1439). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 63.1 x 28.8 cm (24 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.515 Hanging scrolls with assorted poems above and ink paintings below produced within Japan's Zen monastic community during the 1400s and 1500s are called poem-painting scrolls (shigajiku). This small painting was created much later in emulation of such works. While the original works often have a preface followed by poems by different monks, this composition has only a preface.