Calligraphy
Tanomura Chikuden (Japanese, 1777–1835)
early 1800s
Medium
double-leaf from a pair of albums; ink on silk
Dimensions
25.2 × 18.3 cm
Classification
Painting
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
1972.117.1.13
Tags
male
About this artwork
Tanomura Chikuden was a prolific writer; among the most popular of his works was Sanchūjin Jōzetsu (Chatter of a Mountain Dweller), which featured his critiques of painters based on his own hundred rules of painting.