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Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Sake Party with No Light

late 1800s–early 1900s

Tomioka Tessai

(Japanese, 1836–1924)
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Taishō period (1912–26)
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Painting only: 23.5 x 33.8 cm (9 1/4 x 13 5/16 in.); Including mounting: 110.5 x 49 cm (43 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1982.156
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Three skeletons are holding cups and passing around a bottle of sake.
  • ?–1982
    (Masaaki Yoshida, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1982–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55. Mentioned: p. 53, no. 90; Reproduced: p. 48, no. 90 www.jstor.org
  • Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 2003-March 11, 2004).
    The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
  • {{cite web|title=Sake Party with No Light|url=false|author=Tomioka Tessai|year=late 1800s–early 1900s|access-date=22 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.156