The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 10, 2024
Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock
late 1800s
(Japanese)
Overall: 170.2 x 87.7 cm (67 x 34 1/2 in.); Painting only: 126.4 x 56 cm (49 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1990.68
Location: not on view
Description
A great interest in Western scientific studies developed in Japan during the late Edo period (1615-1868) and into the Meiji era (1868-1912). One outcome of this phenomenon in the visual arts was the detailed portrayal of plant, animal, and marine life. This painting is an assemblage of objects carefully observed from nature, but not usually seen together.- {{cite web|title=Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock|url=false|author=Okabe Ko|year=late 1800s|access-date=10 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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