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Preface
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Historian Rai San’yō, whose family came from Hiroshima and achieved elite samurai status from modest beginnings as textile dyers, contributed three calligraphies to these albums, including this preface, in which he explains that the albums were being assembled to show off the beauty of the landscape along Lake Biwa near Hikone Castle in central Japan. The albums also feature one leaf each by San’yō’s father, a scholar, and his two uncles, a physician and a scholar turned local government official.
| Artist / Maker | Rai Sanyō |
|---|---|
| Date | 1817 |
| Culture / Origin | Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) |
| Medium | Double-leaf from a pair of folding albums; ink on silk |
| Dimensions | Each page: 25.9 x 18 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.) |
| Department | Japanese Art |
| Type | Portfolio |
About the Artist
Rai Sanyō (Japanese, 1780–1832) Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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