# Calligraphy

- By: Tanomura Chikuden (Japanese, 1777–1835)
- Date: early 1800s
- Medium: double-leaf from a pair of albums; ink on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Sheet: 25.2 x 18.3 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.117.1.13)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1972.117.1.13/1972.117.1.13_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Tanomura Chikuden was a prolific writer; among the most popular of his works was Sanchūjin Jōzetsu (Chatter of a Mountain Dweller), which featured his critiques of painters based on his own hundred rules of painting.