Cranes and Waves [left of a pair]

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Cranes and Waves [left of a pair]

Soga ShōhakuLinkedCulture matchlcp-3e011b6cb08c

Date
1760s
Medium
Six-panel folding screen, one of a pair, ink on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
118216

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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) Japan, Asia

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Gift of Elizabeth and Willard Clark

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