id: 129862 accession number: 1952.286 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.286 updated: 2025-04-30 11:28:28.234000 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; painting: 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: --- 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: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Painting: 27.1 x 31.9 cm (10 11/16 x 12 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Decorative Style opening date: 1961-08-30T04:00:00 Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961). title: Tea Taste in Japanese Art opening date: 1963-02-20T05:00:00 Tea Taste in Japanese Art. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 20-April 21, 1963). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965). title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00 Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992). title: 120th Anniversary Exhibition: Masterpieces in the Tokyo National Museum opening date: 1992-10-13T04:00:00 120th Anniversary Exhibition: Masterpieces in the Tokyo National Museum. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (October 13-November 23, 1992). title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00 Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009). title: Animals in Japanese Art opening date: 2023-06-24T04:00:00 Animals in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Masterpieces of Japanese Art. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (October 4-November 30, 1969)', 'opening_date': '1969-10-04T04:00:00Z'} * {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 11-July 13, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-03-11T05:00:00Z'} --- PROVENANCE Shimbi Tanaka, Tokyo, Japan date: footnotes: citations: (Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1952 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1952– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Toda, Kenji. Japanese Scroll Painting. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1935. page number: p. 102 url: Tōru Mori 森暢. "Sunggyu Zukan no Tsuite" 駿牛図卷に就いて. In Meihin techō: Nihon bijutsu ronshū 名品手帖: 日本美術論集. Ōguchi, Masao 大口理夫, editor. Tōkyō: Sōgeisha, 1944. page number: Vol. 1, p. 97 url: Lee, Sherman E. "One of the Ten Fast Bulls." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 40, no. 9 (1953): 199–200. page number: Mentioned: pp. 199–200 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141910 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 913 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n160 Lee, Sherman E. Japanese Decorative Style. Tokyo: Makoto Nakao, 1962. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 32-33; cat. no. 27 url: https://archive.org/details/JapaneseDecorativeStyle/page/n45 Lee, Sherman E. Tea Taste in Japanese Art. New York, NY: The Asia House Gallery, dist. by H. Abrams, 1963. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 57, p. 107 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 276 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n300 Masterpieces of Japanese Art; [Catalogue of the Exhibition] October 4 Through November 30, 1969, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1969. page number: Reproduced: pl. 20 url: Stern, Harold P. Birds, Beasts, Blossoms, and Bugs: The Nature of Japan. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1976. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 4, p. 16; Reproduced: p. 19 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 374 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n394 Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue. New York: Japan Society, 1981. page number: url: Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Bijutsushō no yorokobi [美術商のよろこび The Joys of an Art Dealer]. Tokyo, Japan: Mayuyama Junkichi, 1988. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 89-99, pl. 35 url: Kita, Sandy. “The Bulls of Chōmyōji: A Joint Work by Sōtatsu and Mitsuhiro.” Monumenta Nipponica, vol. 47, no. 4, 1992, pp. 495–519. page number: Reproduced: p. 505 url: www.jstor.org/stable/2385332 "1992 Annual Report." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 6 (1993): 215-95. page number: Mentioned: p. 247 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161418 Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 194–195 url: Wada, Stephanie, Gen P. Sakamoto, and Kuoʻan. The Oxherder: A Zen Parable Illustrated. New York: George Braziller, 2002. page number: Reproduced: fig. 10, pp. 28–29 url: Art of Japan: Paintings, Prints and Screens : Selected Articles from Orientations, 1984-2002. Hong Kong: Orientations Magazine, 2002. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 1, 6-6b, pp.134–135 url: Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 31 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.286/1952.286_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.286/1952.286_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.286/1952.286_full.tif