The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise
Medium
Poetry sheet mounted as an album leaf; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
40.6 × 33.2 × 1.6 cm · image: 24.5 × 20.9 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1951.398
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
The poem written on the painting comes from The Tales of Ise, a 10th-century poetic narrative of love: In autumn the wild geese cry And chrysanthemums are in flower, Yet how pleasant to dwell By the sea in spring On the Beach of Sumiyoshi.