Album of Precious Works from Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters (Volume 2)
Unknown Artist
late 1700s to mid-1800s
Medium
One of a pair of folding-albums; ink and light color on silk, or ink on paper
Dimensions
31 × 21 cm
Classification
Portfolio
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
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
Accession Number
1972.117.2
About this artwork
This album begins with a painting of plum and bamboo by Tanomura Chikuden (1777–1835) dated to the first day of 1818. It ends with an undated scene of a someone going to visit a friend by Okada Hankō (1782–1845). In between are nine compositions by a variety of artists. There are poems and inscriptions by Rai Sanyō (1780–1832) and Rai Shunsui (1746–1816). There are also paintings by Okada Beisanjin (1744–1820), Uragami Gyokudō (1745–1820), Nagamachi Chikuseki (1747–1806), Noro Kaiseki (1747–1828...