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Casually Created on a Spring Day
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Murase Taiitsu’s painting is paired with his own poem that reads: <br><br>The world's fortunes rise and fall, and my heart churns without repose.<br>I am almost like a fish in a boiling cauldron.<br>Flowers are red, the willows green; spring is as ever.<br>I wander through the forest to visit a humble tavern. <br><br>The person in the scene gazes up at a tree’s branches, a tavern’s banner waving in the distance. After studying with a Confucian scholar in Kyoto, Taiitsu started his own school. His peers considered him eccentric and many accounts of his unusual behavior survive.
| Artist / Maker | Murase Taiitsu |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1825–81 |
| Culture / Origin | Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912) |
| Medium | hanging scroll; ink on paper |
| Dimensions | Painting: 135.1 x 31.5 cm (53 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.); Mounted: 191.7 x 43.6 cm (75 1/2 x 17 3/16 in.) |
| Department | Japanese Art |
| Type | Painting |
About the Artist
Murase Taiitsu (Japanese, 1803–1881) Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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