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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Scene from a Noh Play

early 1700s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Overall: 158.8 x 62.2 cm (62 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.); Painting only: 77.2 x 40.7 cm (30 3/8 x 16 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.283
Location: Not on view
  • (Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
    ?–1985
    The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1985–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 292–295. Mentioned: p. 294 www.jstor.org
  • 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).
    Ukiyo-e: Floating World. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 11-September 2, 1973).
  • {{cite web|title=Scene from a Noh Play|url=false|author=|year=early 1700s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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