The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Waves
late 1700s-early 1800s
(Japanese, d. 1819)
Image: 39.8 x 53 cm (15 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.); Overall: 126.4 x 61.3 cm (49 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.90
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Nakamura Hōchū took inspiration for his work from the painter Ogata Kōrin.Description
Nakamura Hōchū painted waves on this handheld fan to bring coolness to the mind of its bearer. While fragile paper fans are often used for a single season, this one was cherished for its design. Someone carefully removed it from its folding apparatus and converted it into a hanging scroll for occasional enjoyment in an alcove.- ?–1999(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1999–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. Reproduced: no. 33, p. 117
- Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 10, 2004).
- {{cite web|title=Waves|url=false|author=Nakamura Hōchū|year=late 1700s-early 1800s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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