Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy — artist unrecorded — The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund · CC0. Museum object record ↗

Painting study · Ink painting

Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergylate 1300s–1400s · Study 1985.88

Artist not recorded
late 1300s–1400s

Recorded as Fragment of a handscroll remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper, this horizontal work measures 44.5 × 29.1 cm using the museum’s painting dimensions. Explore the museum’s context and compare the format with a wall of your choice.

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Museum collection reference. This work is not offered for sale by Physical Art For Crypto. Museum attribution does not imply a partnership or endorsement.

Context from the museum

Handscrolls depicting eminent poets and their poems is a classic Japanese painting genre. This fragment is the end of a scroll, the beginning of which survives in the Tokyo National Museum. It has a preface stating it is based on a selection of 36 monks paired with their waka (31-syllable poems) made by Eikai (1278–1347) from Kashūji temple in the year of his death. These two portraits are of Jōkei (1155–1212) and Myōe (1173–1232), to the right and left, respectively.

Museum description reproduced from its CC0 open-access record. Read the original catalog entry.

A detail to notice

The monk Myōe kept a diary of his dreams that survives in fragments today.

Observation supplied by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Read the dimensions before the image

The selected painting measurement for Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy is 44.5 cm wide and 29.1 cm high, equivalent to approximately 17.5 × 11.5 inches. Dividing width by height gives a format ratio of 1.53:1. The rectangular bounding area is 0.13 square meters; it describes the measured footprint, not the amount of paint or the monetary value.

On an illustrative 300 cm wall, the recorded width occupies 14.8% of the span before adding a frame. A centered placement leaves approximately 127.8 cm on each side before adding a frame. These are calculations by Physical Art For Crypto using museum measurements. They are not the museum’s display recommendations.

Questions to bring to your own collection

With Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Buddhist Clergy in view, identify one feature you can point to, then distinguish what the museum records from your personal response. Keep its medium, Fragment of a handscroll remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper, in your notes when comparing contemporary works.

Which part of this horizontal composition catches your eye first?
Would a 44.5 cm width still suit the space after allowing for furniture and a frame?
What surface detail would you need to see in person or in a close photograph?

Explore physical scale

How large would this format feel on your wall?

Use this museum work’s recorded format as a reference. Adjust a blank wall and optional frame allowance to compare proportions. The museum painting is an educational reference and is not for sale here.

Units

Wall width (cm)

Wall height (cm)

Frame each side (cm)

14.8%of wall width, including allowance

44.5 × 29.1 cmmodeled outside dimensions

Within the entered wall dimensions127.8 cm each side when centered

Calculation: outside width = recorded width + twice your frame allowance. This is a proportion study, not an installation assessment. It excludes furniture, hardware, load capacity, depth and delivery clearance. The display image may include margins absent from the recorded measurement.

Compare formats with the studio collection

These Lei-Kol works have the closest width-to-height ratios in the current catalog. This is a geometry comparison, not a claim of artistic similarity, equivalent value, or association with the museum artist.