Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass
Hon'ami Kōetsu Tawaraya Sōtatsu
Hon’ami Kōetsu was a calligrapher and craftsman who frequently collaborated with the painter Tawaraya Sōtatsu, considered the first master of the Rinpa school. Kōetsu brushed seven poems from the autumn section of a poetry anthology onto dyed paper with motifs designed and printed in gold and silver by Sōtatsu.
Details
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- Dimensions
- overall: height 0.232 m, width 3.466 m
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image provider
- cleveland-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- John L. Severance Fund
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Written Word Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the work as calligraphy and identifies brushed poems from a Japanese poetry anthology as its principal content.
Subject Matter
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Flora Metadata · 98%
The title and description identify crab finger grass as one of the printed motifs; branching grass-like forms are also visible across the scroll.
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Animals Both · 95%
The title identifies Chinese lions among the printed designs, and small animal-like motifs are visible within the decorative field.
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Related to Literature Metadata · 97%
The work presents selections from a Japanese poetry anthology, making its literary source and relation to poetry explicit.
Visual Qualities
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Calligraphic Visual · 99%
Expressive black brush characters appear in varied clusters across the long scroll, with noticeable variation in stroke weight and gestural movement.
Medium and Techniques
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Handscroll Metadata · 99%
The museum explicitly identifies the format as a handscroll.
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Work on Paper Both · 99%
The catalog specifies ink, gold, and silver on paper, while the image shows a continuous elongated paper support.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The museum dates the work to the early 1600s, with a date range of 1600–1620.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The work is identified as Japanese, with Japan given as its place of origin.
Materials
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Use of Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies paper as the support and describes the motifs as printed on dyed paper.
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Gold Metadata · 99%
Gold is explicitly listed in the museum’s medium description and in its account of the printed decorative motifs.
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Silver Metadata · 99%
Silver is explicitly listed in the museum’s medium description as part of the printed designs.
Source & rights
Hon'ami Kōetsu (Japanese, 1558–1637). Selections from the New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times (Shinkokin wakashū) with Printed Designs of Chinese Lions and Crab Finger Grass. Cleveland Museum of Art.