Tawaraya Sōtatsu, The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise
Severance Fund, 1951.398 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Tawaraya Sōtatsu

The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise

c. 1634

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
Poetry sheet mounted as an album leaf; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
24.5 × 20.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-111403

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 springOn the Beach of Sumiyoshi.

Provenance

Severance Fund, 1951.398

Registry history

  • c. 1634 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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