The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 30, 2023

Lady with a Parasol

early 1800s

Koikawa Harumasa 恋川 春政

(Japanese)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver pigments on paper

Overall: 87.9 x 45 cm (34 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.); Painting only: 103 x 27.6 cm (40 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.257

Location

not on view

Description

This painting depicts a youg woman braving the elements as she hurries home from the local bathhouse. The action depicted accentuates her slender neck and bare legs. In later Japanese art, images of beautiful women in bare feet and a towel between their teeth have sensual overtones.

Provenance
(Heisando, Co., Ltd.); Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith.
Exhibition history

Later Japanese Art Rotation (Gallery 113); December 4, 2203 - March 18, 2004.

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.257