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Lonely Temple and Towering Cliff

c. 1480

circle of Kenkō Shōkei

(Japanese, active 1478–1506)
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
Painting only: 85.1 x 31.2 cm (33 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.); Including mounting: 172.2 x 44.1 cm (67 13/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1955.45
Location: Not on view
  • S. Ueno, Ōsaka, Japan
    ?–1955
    (Osborne I. Hauge [1913-2004] and Victor Lloyd Hauge [1919-2013], Falls Church, VA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1955–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. "Shin and Sō." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no. 6 (1956): 115–18. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 115–118 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 918 archive.org
    Lee, Sherman E. Tea Taste in Japanese Art. New York, NY: The Asia House Gallery, dist. by H. Abrams, 1963. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 48, pp. 104–105
  • Tea Taste in Japanese Art. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 20-April 21, 1963).
    Tea taste in Japanese art. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (1963).
    Japanese Art in America. The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (April 19-May 15, 1960).
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