Cleveland Museum of Art
Sparrows and Bamboo
Shiken SaidōLinkedCulture matchlcp-a8cf7b393358
- Date
- mid- to late 1500s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 79568
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Shiken Saidō, whose style name was Ze'an, was a Zen monk who trained at Shōkokuji temple in Kyoto, and designed the garden of Reiun’in at Myōshinji temple. He painted landscapes in the style of painter and art advisor to the shogun, Sōami (died 1525), as well as bird-and-flower compositions. A poetic inscription by the monk Ekkei Reikaku accompanies this gentle composition of two sparrows perched on bamboo.
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- Credit line
- Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
- Provenance
- ?–2015: George Gund III [1937–2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2015–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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