KOBAYASHI RYUSHO (20th century)

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KOBAYASHI RYUSHO (20th century)

Blessed home

Sealed lower right Ryu, 1954--ink on paper, framed and glazed
33 1/4 x 69 3/8in. (84.5 x 176.2cm.)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Japanese Calligraphy, June-September 1954 (exhibition number 561); New York, the Museum of Modern Art Circulation Exhibition, Abstract Japanese Calligraphy, December 1954-June 1956. This exhibition traveled to New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art; Ithaca, New York, White Art Museum; Binghampton, New York, Binghampton Museum of Fine Arts; Oneonta, New York, State Teacher's College; Oakland, California, Oakland Municipal Art Museum, March 1956; Wellesley, Massachusetts, Wellesley College, March 1957; Houston, Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum, Modern Abstract Japanese Calligraphy, Summer 1958, no number, illustrated p. 2

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The three characters of this calligraphy Ju shichi-do mean "a blessed home." Ju translates as happiness, shichi as seven, and do a small house in which to devote oneself to God; thus representing the seven Gods of happiness in Japan.

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