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The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise

Tawaraya Sōtatsuc. 1634

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

The poem written on the painting comes from <em>The Tales of Ise</em>, 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.

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  • Title: The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise
  • Creator: Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640)
  • Date Created: c. 1634
  • Physical 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.)
  • Provenance: Masuda Takashi 益田 孝 [1848–1938], Odawara, Japan, (Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.398
  • Medium: Poetry sheet mounted as an album leaf; ink, color, and gold on paper
  • Fun Fact: The red structure at the top of this composition is Sumiyoshi Taisha, the Grand Shrine at Sumiyoshi.
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
  • Collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
  • Accession Number: 1951.398
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