The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 14, 2024
Onsen in the Evening
1912
(Japanese, 1878–1972)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The Chinese word for bat is a homonym for fortune, a motif borrowed by Japan.Description
This image portrays a woman in a summer robe with a bat motif. She looks out into the evening scene on the street from behind bamboo bars in a hot spring bath. The design was once inserted into an August edition of the journal Bungei Kurabu (Literary Arts) to illustrate a story. While he got his start in creating book illustrations, Kaburaki Kiyokata went on to become a celebrated painter.- ?-2020Frederick and Tina Zwegat, Oberlin, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2020-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Modern Japan (Japanese art rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14, 2022-June 18, 2023).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.81