Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity) (1700s): Art, History and Details

Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity) (1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Bunsei (Muncheong) (Japanese or Korean, active mid-15th century); Chikuan Daien (Japanese, 1362–1439).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Hanging scrolls with assorted poems above and ink paintings below produced within Japan's Zen monastic community during the 1400s and 1500s are called poem-painting scrolls (shigajiku). This small painting was created much later in emulation of such works. While the original works often have a preface followed by poems by different monks, this composition has only a preface.

Object facts

• Title: Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity)
• Date: 1700s
• Creator attribution: Bunsei (Muncheong) (Japanese or Korean, active mid-15th century); Chikuan Daien (Japanese, 1362–1439)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: hanging scroll, ink on paper
• Dimensions: Overall: 63.1 x 28.8 cm (24 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
• Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 2015.515

Collection credit

Gift from the Collection of George Gund III

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