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The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise

The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise by Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570–c. 1640)

Medium

Poetry sheet mounted as an album leaf; ink, color, and gold on paper

Dimensions

40.6 × 33.2 × 1.6 cm · image: 24.5 × 20.9 cm

Classification

Painting

Department

Japanese Art

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

John L. Severance Fund

Accession Number

1951.398

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

male

About this artwork

The poem written on the painting comes from The Tales of Ise, a 10th-century poetic narrative of love: In autumn the wild geese cry And chrysanthemums are in flower, Yet how pleasant to dwell By the sea in spring On the Beach of Sumiyoshi.

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