# Portrait of Basho, in 17th-century Japan

Ichijun painted this in the 1700s. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> The 15th-century poet Matsuo Basho is still considered Japan’s greatest master of the haiku poem, a short, 17-syllable verse form that relates some aspect of nature to the human experience. Although he was one of the most celebrated men of his day, he pursued a simple life of self-imposed poverty and solitude.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1700s
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Painting only: 28.2 x 47 cm (11 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.); Including mounting: 112.5 x 64.2 cm (44 5/16 x 25 1/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988.72
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Ichijun](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/ichijun), Japanese, active 1700s

1 works in the collection.

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