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The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise
Also known as: The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the "Tales of Ise" ("Ise Monogatari")
About the Artwork
The poem written on the painting comes from The Tales of Ise, a 10th-century poetic narrative of love: In autumn the wild geese cry And chrysanthemums are in flower, Yet how pleasant to dwell By the sea in spring On the Beach of Sumiyoshi.
Provenance
Masuda Takashi 益田 孝 [1848–1938], Odawara, Japan ?–1951: (Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1951–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
The World of Miniature Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 20-November 10, 1953). Asia and the West. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 28-December 1, 1957). Japanese Art in America. The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (April 19-May 15, 1960). Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961). Rimpa. Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (September 13-November 13, 1971). Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-December 13, 1987). Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992). Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998). Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014). Sotatsu: Making Waves. National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (October 24, 2015-January 31, 2016).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570–c. 1640)
- Date
- c. 1634
- Medium
- Poetry sheet mounted as an album leaf; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.5 x 20.9 cm (9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.); Overall: 40.6 x 33.2 x 1.6 cm (16 x 13 1/16 x 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1951.398
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