Cranes and Waves [right of a pair], 1760s
Soga Shōhakuexpand_more
Ink on paperexpand_more
Gift of Elizabeth and Willard Clarkexpand_more 2013.30.14.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
Cranes, waves, and pines signify long life and evoke the realm of the immortals, the Daoist paradise Mount Hōrai (Penglai). Cranes also denote happiness and marital fidelity.
Shōhaku was celebrated for the eccentricity of both his lifestyle and painting style. Little is known about his life, but it seems that he was born into a merchant family in Kyoto and received some instruction in Kanō school painting. Taking up the life of an itinerant painter, he created many of his unorthodox works of art for temples, where he lodged while travelling the country.
(2013.30.14.1-.2)
Details
- Title
- Cranes and Waves [right of a pair]
- Artist Life
- 1730 - 1781
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.30.14.2
- Provenance
- sold at the Osaka Bijutsu Kurabu Sept. 22, 1917 for 3,000 Yen (水墨浪鶴); James J. Freeman (until 1982); Willard G. and Elizabeth Clark (1982-2013)
- Curator Approved
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