Shuyadō (Studio of Lofty Rusticity)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Hanging scrolls with assorted poems above and ink paintings below produced within Japan's Zen monastic community during the 1400s and 1500s are called poem-painting scrolls (shigajiku). This small painting was created much later in emulation of such works. While the original works often have a preface followed by poems by different monks, this composition has only a preface.

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