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Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
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Calligraphy with Willow and Swallows

1400s
Ikkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481) visual detail
ArtistIkkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481)
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Provenance

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?-2015

George Gund III [1937-2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2015-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

George Gund III [1937-2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics: Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000). Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 2-July 9, 2018).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

The famed Buddhist monk Ikkyū is best remembered for his calligraphy. Calligraphic conventions of his time called for brushwork that did not vary much in style from character to character. However, as Ikkyū’s lines progress, his brushwork wanders between standard script and a sort of shorthand, marked by an uneven distribution of ink and a reduction of the characters to only the most necessary strokes. Ikkyū’s direct communication of emotion via brushwork became characteristic of the works produced by monks affiliated with the temple Daitokuji later in the Edo period (1615–1868).

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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