id:			129862
accession number:	1952.286
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.286
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Swift Bull from the Ten Swift Bulls, late 1200s-early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; overall: 27.1 x 31.9 cm (10 11/16 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.286

title:				Swift Bull from the Ten Swift Bulls
title in original language:	駿牛図　断簡
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			late 1200s-early 1300s
creation date earliest:		1275
creation date latest:		1333
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333)
technique:	section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 27.1 x 31.9 cm (10 11/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Decorative Style
	opening date:   1961-08-30T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Decorative Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
	opening date:   1991-09-17T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).

	title:		Honoring Sherman Lee
	opening date:   2009-06-28T00:00:00
	<i>Honoring Sherman Lee</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 28-August 30, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 11-July 13, 2004).

* <em>Masterpieces of Japanese Art</em>. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969)

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PROVENANCE

	(Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952-
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fun fact: 
We know the original scroll had ten bulls because a copy of the complete scroll exists.

digital description: 
This work was once part of a handscroll depicting ten bulls in various postures. The whereabouts of nine of the ten bulls are known, and all have been remounted as hanging scrolls. The original scroll likely celebrated prized creatures used by aristocrats to pull their conveyances.

wall description: 

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 913
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n160

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 276
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n300

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 276
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n300

	<em>Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts</em>. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 20
	url:		

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 374
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n394

	Kita, Sandy. “The Bulls of Chōmyōji: A Joint Work by Sōtatsu and Mitsuhiro.” <em>Monumenta Nipponica</em>, vol. 47, no. 4, 1992, pp. 495–519.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 505
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/2385332

	"1992 Annual Report." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 6 (1993): 215-95.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 247
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161418

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