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Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Casually Created on a Spring Day

c. 1825–81

Murase Taiitsu

(Japanese, 1803–1881)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) to Meiji period (1868–1912)
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Painting only: 134.8 x 31.5 cm (53 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.); Including mounting: 191.5 x 50.2 cm (75 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Gift of Dr. Kurt A. Gitter 1981.86
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1981
    Dr. Kurt A. Gitter, New Orleans, LA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1981–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82. Mentioned: p. 83. no. 131 www.jstor.org
  • Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-December 13, 1987).
    Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986).
    The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
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