Morita Shiryū
Kumo-mushin (the cloud is egoless; like drifting clouds we should live spontaneously)

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Kumo-mushin (the cloud is egoless; like drifting clouds we should live spontaneously)
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ArtistJapanese, 1912–1998
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Kumo-mushin (the cloud is egoless; like drifting clouds we should live spontaneously)
Datec. 1964
MediumFour-panel folding screen; sumi ink on kozo paper
DimensionsOpen: 60 3/8 × 131 1/2 in. (153.4 × 334 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Friends of Asian Art and Anu Lal Family
Object number2023.290
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
107M Masterson Gallery
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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceMorita Family Collection, 1964 until 2022; [Shibunkaku Company, Ltd., Kyoto, 2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
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Catalogue raisonnéInada Sousai ed., Morita Shiryū Catalogue Raisonné: 1952-1998. Uji City, Kyoto: Soryusha, 2019

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