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Dragon

early to mid-1600s

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attributed to Soga Nichokuan 曽我二直庵

(Japanese)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Six-panel folding screen; ink, slight color, gold, and silver on paper

Image: 158.1 x 304.8 cm (62 1/4 x 120 in.); Including mounting: 173.4 x 377.2 cm (68 1/4 x 148 1/2 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.134.1

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed: Soga Chokuan II (Soga Chokuan ni) Sealed: Hoin (right), Soga Chokuan Hoin (three seals at left) Edo period (1615-1868)

Soga Nichokuan

active mid 17th century

Citations

Cunningham, Michael R. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Reproduced: pp. 77, Cat. no. 39

Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236); January 13-November 16, 2015.

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