Inscription, from Album of Precious Works from Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters

Rai San'yō1817

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Title: Inscription, from Album of Precious Works from Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters
Creator: Rai Sanyō (Japanese, 1780–1832)
Date Created: 1817
Physical Dimensions: Each page: 25.9 x 18 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.117.1.1
Medium: Double album leaf; ink on silk, from one of two volumes of painting and calligraphy
Fun Fact: From a samurai family, Rai Sanyō sought to evade training to be a bureaucrat, leading his father to lock him in his room for three years.
Department: Japanese Art
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Credit Line: 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
Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
Accession Number: 1972.117.1.1

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