The Conduct of Petty Person

Artist Jiun (Japanese, 1718 - 1804)

Date18th century

MediumHandscroll; ink on paper

DimensionsOverall: 11 3/8 × 215 1/2 inches (28.9 × 547.4 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Oriental Deaccessioning Fund and the Beckett Art Purchases Fund in memory of Ethel Knapp Beckett and Thomas F. Beckett

Object number2025.70

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DescriptionThis handscroll features the poem The Conduct of Petty Person (Shōjinkō 小人行; Shōjin no uta) by the Buddhist monk Jiun 慈雲 (Japanese, 1718–1804), written in semi cursive (gyōsho) style.
Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Kokoro no sho: Jiun Sonja 心の書慈雲尊者 (Calligraphy of the Heart: Venerable Monk Jiun), Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 2004

Provenance

With a Japanese private collection by 2003;

With Kososhi Takashi, Kososhi Unshōdō 古曽志運正堂, Kyoto, by 2024;

Purchased by James Freeman in October 2024;

With James Freeman, Bangkok, Thailand, 2025;

Purchased by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; 2025

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