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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Falcon

1615–1868

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Painting only: 56.1 x 22.1 cm (22 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.); Including mounting: 124.5 x 33.6 cm (49 x 13 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.27
Location: Not on view

Description

This otsu-e painting depicts a hunting falcon, a lucky charm for a bountiful harvest.
  • ?–1982
    (Shogoro Yabumoto, Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, 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. Reproduced: p. 46; Mentioned: p. 54, no. 108 www.jstor.org
  • Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).
    The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
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