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A Couple

late 1500s

Hasegawa Sōen

(Japanese)
Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Image: 102.3 x 47.6 cm (40 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.); Overall: 189.2 x 68 cm (74 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1985.133
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The person on the right holds a spray of chrysanthemums, while the other has daffodils suspended upside down from a stalk held over their shoulder.
  • ?–1985
    (Yoshiyuki Hosomi, Ōsaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1985–1985
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. Reproduced: p. 32; Mentioned: p. 69, no. 174 www.jstor.org
  • Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4-December 11, 1988).
    Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).
    The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).
  • {{cite web|title=A Couple|url=false|author=Hasegawa Sōen|year=late 1500s|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.133