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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.
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142283
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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
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142283
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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
description
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.
date
early 1600s
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en
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Q60469530
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Calligraphy
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Overall: 23.2 x 346.6 cm (9 1/8 x 136 7/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1966.118
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handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper
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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 (目日芝に唐獅子摺絵新古今集和歌巻), 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
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目日芝に唐獅子摺絵新古今集和歌巻
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ASIAN - Handscroll
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inscription
Seal: 光悦
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Kōetsu
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Before becoming a master painter of screens, Tawaraya Sōtatsu painted fans.
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 283
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 283
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<em>Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts</em>. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969.
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Reproduced: pl. 53
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Lee, Sherman E. “Sōsetsu and Flowers.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 8 (November 1970): 263–271.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 266, fig. 6; Mentioned: p. 269
citation
Fischer, Felice and Edwin A. Cranston. <em>The Arts of Honʼami Kōetsu: Japanese Renaissance Master</em>. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000.
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Reproduced: cat. no. 8, p. 40
citation
Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
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Reproduced: cat. no. 86
citation
Lippit, Yukio, James T. Ulak, Keiko Nakamachi, Shunroku Okudaira, Ryō Furuta, Takeshi Noguchi, and Aya Ōta. <em>Sōtatsu</em>. Washington, DC : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 20, pp. 212–215
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:18:39.527000
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142283
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Japanese Art
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ASIAN - Handscroll
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handscroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper
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