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Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Image: 28.5 x 46.5 cm (11 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.); Overall: 108.5 x 55.9 cm (42 11/16 x 22 in.); with knobs: 108.5 x 60.8 cm (42 11/16 x 23 15/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1951.397
Description Taira no Kanemori was one of the 36 poetic immortals of classical Japanese literature. This painting is a fragment of what was once a handscroll depicting all 36 poets.
Provenance ?-1951
(Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1951-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 912
archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 277
archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 277
archive.org
Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts . Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969. Reproduced: pl. 19
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 373
archive.org
Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998. Reproduced: p. 91, cat. no. 58
Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014. Reproduced: cat. no. 6, p. 35
Exhibition history
Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120) . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4, 2003-July 22, 2003).
Masterpieces of Japanese Art . Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969)
Japanese Decorative Style . The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961).
Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983).
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
Ocho no Bijutsu (The Blossoming of Japanese Art in the Heian era of Elegance and Refinement = 王朝の美: 特別展覧会) . Kyoto National Museum (organizer) (April 12-May 15, 1994).
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).
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).
