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Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy
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Handscrolls depicting eminent poets and their poems is a classic Japanese painting genre. This fragment is the end of a scroll, the beginning of which survives in the Tokyo National Museum. It has a preface stating it is based on a selection of 36 monks paired with their <em>waka</em> (31-syllable poems) made by Eikai (1278–1347) from Kashūji temple in the year of his death. These two portraits are of Jōkei (1155–1212) and Myōe (1173–1232), to the right and left, respectively.
| Artist / Maker | Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) |
|---|---|
| Date | late 1300s–1400s |
| Culture / Origin | Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) |
| Medium | Fragment of a handscroll remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper |
| Dimensions | Painting: 29.1 x 44.5 cm (11 7/16 x 17 1/2 in.); Mounted: 113.2 x 56.6 cm (44 9/16 x 22 5/16 in.); with knobs: 113.2 x 61.2 cm (44 9/16 x 24 1/8 in.) |
| Department | Japanese Art |
| Type | Painting |
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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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