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