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Source Description
This bold calligraphy written by Yueshan, an Ōbaku school monk, consists of five characters tentatively translated as “Pine trees singing in the wind.” <br><br>The line is from <em>Cold Mountain Poems (Hanshan shi)</em>. Cold Mountain is the pen name (<em>hao</em>) of the poet monk Han Shan, as well as the name of a place. In one poem Han describes getting lost on the road to Cold Mountain, perhaps an allusion to the search for religious enlightenment.
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162869
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Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu)
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Source metadata
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162869
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object
title
Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu)
description
This bold calligraphy written by Yueshan, an Ōbaku school monk, consists of five characters tentatively translated as “Pine trees singing in the wind.” <br><br>The line is from <em>Cold Mountain Poems (Hanshan shi)</em>. Cold Mountain is the pen name (<em>hao</em>) of the poet monk Han Shan, as well as the name of a place. In one poem Han describes getting lost on the road to Cold Mountain, perhaps an allusion to the search for religious enlightenment.
date
c. 1660–1709
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60749282
creators
46142
genreSpecific
Calligraphy
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Painting only: 128.9 x 29 cm (50 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 179 x 36.4 cm (70 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.)
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China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
accession
2003.354
Source extras
tec
hanging scroll; ink on paper
tombstone
Calligraphy in Semi-Cursive Style (xing-caoshu) (吟風一樣松), c. 1660–1709. Yueshan Daozong (Chinese, 1629–1709). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting only: 128.9 x 29 cm (50 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.); overall with knobs: 179 x 36.4 cm (70 1/2 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow, 2003.354
titleInOriginalLanguage
吟風一樣松
collection
ASIAN - Hanging scroll
inscriptions
inscription
吟風一樣松
inscription_translation
Pine trees singing in the wind
inscription
悅山
inscription_translation
Yueshan
inscription_remark
Calligrapher's relief seal
inscription
道宗之印
inscription_translation
Daozong zhi yin (Seal of Daozong)
inscription_remark
Calligrapher's intaglio seal
inscription
Linji zheng zong
inscription_translation
The Orthodox school of Linji
inscription_remark
Rectangular intaglio seal indicating the orthodox school of Linji, a Chan sect established in the Tang dynasty by Yixuan (d. 867) and named after the temple in which he lived.
didYouKnow
The Ōbaku school of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism was founded in Japan by Chinese monks in the 1600s. The monk Yueshan emigrated from the Chinese province of Fujian to serve as priest and later abbot at Manpukuji, the headquarters of the Ōbaku school in Japan.
citations
citation
Chang, Willow Hai. <em>Song of Life: Chinese Art from the Gow Family Collection</em>. Naples, FL: Naples Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 25, p. 73
citation
Yu, Jing 余靜. “Introduction of Huangbo Calligraphy and Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art <br>Collection in the United States = 美國克利夫蘭藝術博物館所藏黃檗書畫譯介.” <em>Research on Fujian Merchant Culture: Special Issue on Huangbo (Ōbaku) Studies</em> 闽商文化研究 黄檗学 特刊（黄檗艺术号) 0105 (2023): 49–53.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 3, p. 52
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow
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2026-05-29 08:27:55.079000
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162869
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Chinese Art
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ASIAN - Hanging scroll
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hanging scroll; ink on paper
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male
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