id:			103275
accession number:	1921.345
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.345
updated:		2025-02-08 23:09:35.005000

The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women), c. 1796. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.2 x 23.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.345

title:				The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women)
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creation date:			c. 1796
creation date earliest:		1791
creation date latest:		1801
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creditline:			Gift from J. H. Wade
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 36.2 x 23.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Signature: Utamaro hitsu.
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	inscription:	Publisher: Murataya Jirōbei (Mura).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Vincent Van Gogh
	opening date:   1936-03-25T05:00:00
	<i>Vincent Van Gogh</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 25-April 19, 1936).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Carl William Schraubstadter [1862–1947], New York, NY
	date: ?–1921
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	(American Art Association, February 12, 1921 sale, lot 794)
	date: February 12, 1921
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	(Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1921
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1921–
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