| schema:description 9 | "technique: hanging scroll; ink on paper" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Image: 24.7 x 42 cm (9 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); Overall: 110.8 x 60.7 cm (43 5/8 x 23 7/8 in.)" |
| schema:description | "id: 156099" |
| schema:description | "creditline: Gift of Alan Carter Covell and Kyu J. Pak-Covell in honor of Dr. Jon Carter Covell" |
| schema:description | "culture: Japan, Muromachi Period (1392-1573)" |
| schema:description | "tombstone: Letter from Bokusai to Monk Kesso, 1400s. Shoto Bokusai (Japanese, d. 1492). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: 24.7 x 42 cm (9 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); overall: 110.8 x 60.7 cm (43 5/8 x 23 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Alan Carter Covell and Kyu J. Pak-Covell in honor of Dr. Jon Carter Covell 1991.33...(more)" |
| schema:description | "collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll" |
| schema:description | "wall_description: The Zen monk-painter Bokusai resided at the influential Daitoku-ji temple in Kyoto. His portrayals of Zen patriarchs are among the most dynamic representations of their kind in the history of Japanese ink painting.
As the pre-restoration photograph reveals, a variety of surface damage marred the letter: lifting, tears, discoloration, and poorly executed repairs done at the time of the previous owners remounting of the piece.
This recent restoration corrects those trouble spots, strengthens the backing paper supports, and introduces a more appropriate combination of textile materials for such a distinguished artifact left by an eminent Zen monk-painter of the fifteenth century....(more)" |
| schema:description | "type: Calligraphy" |