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Clouds Follow Dragon

2008

Takaki Seiu 高木聖雨

(Japanese, born 1949)

Japan, Heisei period

(1989-2019)

Ink on paper

Image: 97 x 170 cm (38 3/16 x 66 15/16 in.); Framed: 110 x 181 cm (43 5/16 x 71 1/4 in.)

Gift of the Artist 2011.18

Location

not on view

Description

A professor at Daito Bunka University, Takaki Seiu here focused on the importance of personality. These three characters read from right to left, conveying the message "clouds follow a dragon." Takaki claims that many people prefer to follow an individual who possesses a considerate and warm personality--much like clouds follow a dragon.

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 96-97, no. 97

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 97

The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).