The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Genre Figures

c. 1816

Takebe Sōchō

(Japanese, 1760–1814)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Overall: 125.4 x 49.6 cm (49 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.72.1
Location: Not on view

Description

Though rarely mentioned in official histories, Sōchō was an accomplished painter whose talent is readily apparent to the modern eye. For his compositions he chose traditional Japanese stories or everyday events. This scroll is part of a triptych of paintings converted from the folding screen format into the hanging scroll format.
  • ?–1987
    (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1987–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).
    The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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