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Inscription and Two Seals
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Rai Sanyō, author of a major history of Japan, died from tuberculosis while writing at his desk. A decidedly not fun fact.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineInscription and Two Seals, 1829. Rai Sanyō (Japanese, 1780–1832). Leaf from a pair of folding albums; ink on paper; sheet: 26.2 x 18.2 cm (10 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, 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, 1972.117.2.10