The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Roller Ends for Hanging Scroll
1893–1914
(Japanese, 1851–1914)
length (each): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); diameter (each): 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
These are the roller ends for the hanging scroll by Seifū Yohei III, Rain Clearing over a Summer’s Mountain, CMA 2022.151.Description
Before entering into his apprenticeship with Yohei II, Seifū Yohei III trained as a painter in Osaka. He continued to paint throughout his career as a ceramist.As part of his ceramic practice, Yohei III also made roller ends to be placed at either end of the wooden dowel around which the lower part of a hanging scroll mounting is wrapped. These served both as weights for the painting and as knobs for handling it when rolling and unrolling. The pair here is made of porcelain with a green glaze.
- ?–2022James and Christine Heusinger, Berea, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2022–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Maezaki, Shinya and Sinéad Vilbar. Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023. Mentioned and Reproduced: Cat. No. 9, pp. 76–77
- {{cite web|title=Roller Ends for Hanging Scroll|url=false|author=Seifū Yohei III|year=1893–1914|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.152