Prized horses in stables may be the main theme of the pair of screens of which this screen is a part, but a lot of action is happening on the veranda. Falconry is the focus of this screen, and a lively atmosphere develops in the interplay of the dynamic horses and the birds of prey.

Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961).

Japanese Decorative Style

Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977).

Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections

Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983).

Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art

Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984).

Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen

Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).

Screen Paintings of the Muromachi Period. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (March 28-May 7, 1989).

Screen Paintings of the Muromachi Period

The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19-December 1, 1991).

The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th Century Art in Japan

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art

Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).

Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).

Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (June 2-August 18, 2019).

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art

A horizontally long six-panel ink and color folding screen features a central band depicting one stall per panel, each containing a brown, black, white, or dappled horse. Below, small human figures in robes and headwear gather in a horizontal strip across the bottom. In the upper half run thick stripes of gold and dark brown. A decorative gold border frames the scene.

Marquis Tokugawa of the Shizuoka branch of the Tokugawa family

(Tokyo Art Club [Tokyo Bijutsu Kurabu], Tokyo, Japan, April 4, 1927 sale, Lot 100)

Shima Tokuzō 島 德藏 [1875–1938], Osaka, Japan

(Osaka Art Club [Osaka Bijutsu Kurabu 大阪美術俱楽部], Osaka, Japan, November 29, 1934, sale, Lot 82)

Horse Stable

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Japan, Muromachi period

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