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Poem

Rai San'yōearly 1800s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

The Nanga, or "Southern School" painters of 17th- and 18th-century Japan were greatly influenced by Chinese culture. The subjects and styles of their work reflected the contemporary Japanese taste for imported Chinese objects and learning. A common practice among Nanga painters was the exchange of small paintings and calligraphies. They also celebrated special gatherings of artist-friends by producing individual sheets that were then gathered together in albums. The sheets shown here were part of such a gathering.

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  • Title: Poem
  • Creator: Rai Sanyō (Japanese, 1780–1832)
  • Date Created: early 1800s
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 26.7 x 18 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.117.2.2
  • Medium: album leaf; ink on buff paper
  • 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: 1972.117.2.2
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