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The Buddhist temple Ikiyasan Isakiji lies about 12.4 miles (20 km) from Hikone Castle, on the shore of Lake Biwa in central Japan. Nukina Kaioku depicted the temple as seen from a boat while touring Hikone. He also inscribed a poem about the experience, explaining that it was one of three written during the journey. Born into a samurai family specializing in archery, Kaioku later became recognized as one of the three greatest calligraphers of his time.
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146404
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Ikiyasan Isakiji
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146404
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Ikiyasan Isakiji
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The Buddhist temple Ikiyasan Isakiji lies about 12.4 miles (20 km) from Hikone Castle, on the shore of Lake Biwa in central Japan. Nukina Kaioku depicted the temple as seen from a boat while touring Hikone. He also inscribed a poem about the experience, explaining that it was one of three written during the journey. Born into a samurai family specializing in archery, Kaioku later became recognized as one of the three greatest calligraphers of his time.
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1833
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en
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Q60472083
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Sheet: 28.5 x 18.4 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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1972.117.2.9
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leaf from a pair of folding albums; ink and color on silk
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Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters (近世名家書画冊): Ikiyasan Isakiji (姨倚耶山伊崎寺), 1833. Nukina Kaioku (Japanese, 1778–1863). Leaf from a pair of folding albums; ink and color on silk; sheet: 28.5 x 18.4 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom, 1972.117.2.9
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姨倚耶山伊崎寺
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Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters
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近世名家書画冊
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Japanese Art
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1972.117b.9
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Nukina Kaioku was from a family that taught archery to regional military rulers, but being physically weak, he concentrated his efforts in calligraphy and studying Confucian philosophy, a system of thought prized by the military class.
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Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom
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146404
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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leaf from a pair of folding albums; ink and color on silk
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