id: 135592
accession number: 1959.136
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Dragon and Tiger, c. 1546–56. Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper; each: 157.3 x 339 cm (61 15/16 x 133 7/16 in.); framed: 172.3 x 354 cm (67 13/16 x 139 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1959.136
title: Dragon and Tiger
title in original language: 龍虎図屏風
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creation date: c. 1546–56
creation date earliest: 1546
creation date latest: 1556
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) to Momoyama period (1573–1615)
technique: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Folding screen
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577) - artist
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measurements: Each: 157.3 x 339 cm (61 15/16 x 133 7/16 in.); Framed: 172.3 x 354 cm (67 13/16 x 139 3/8 in.)
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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: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections
opening date: 1977-03-23T05:00:00
Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977).
title: Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen
opening date: 1984-08-01T04:00:00
Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984).
title: Japanese Ink Painting
opening date: 1987-10-13T04:00:00
Japanese Ink Painting. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (October 13-November 23, 1987).
title: Screen Paintings of the Muromachi Period
opening date: 1989-03-28T05:00:00
Screen Paintings of the Muromachi Period. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (March 28-May 7, 1989).
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: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00
Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).
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: Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2014-01-15T00:00:00
Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Japanese Ink Paintings from American Collections: The Muromachi period: An exhibition in honor of Shūjirō Shimada. The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (April 25–June 13, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-06-13T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
H. Mitsui; C. Satomi.
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(Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1959
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1959-present
date: 1959-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Kakuzō Okakura 岡倉覺三 and Mataichi Fukuchi 福地復一 . Kōhon Nihon Teikoku bijutsu ryakushi 稿本日本帝國美術略史. Tōkyō: Nihon Bijutsusha, 1908.
page number: Mentioned: [p. 160]; Reproduced: p. 161
url:
Lee, Sherman E. “The Tiger and Dragon Screens by Sesson.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 47, no. 4 (April 1960): 64–69.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 64-69, figs. 1-4
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142390
Lee, Sherman E. Japanese Decorative Style. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 50–51; cat. no. 47
url: https://archive.org/details/JapaneseDecorativeStyle/page/n63
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. 279
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n303
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. 279
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n303
Shimizu, Yoshiaki, and Carolyn Wheelwright. Japanese Ink Paintings from American Collections: The Muromachi Period: an Exhibition in Honor of Shūjirō Shimada. Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University: Distributed by Princeton University Press, 1976.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 27, pp. 206–211
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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. 377
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n397
Cunningham, Michael R. "The Japanese Painter Yamaguchi Sekkei." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 1 (1980): 2–16.
page number: Mentioned: p. 15, 7
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159655
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: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 68–69, no. 36
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Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (1990): 286–323.
page number: Reproduced: p. 304
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297
Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (October 1990): 286–323.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 304, fig. 22
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297
Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
page number: Reproduced: p. 114–115, cat. no. 76
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Cunningham, Michael R. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 14–15
url:
Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 28, pp. 84–87
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Feltens, Frank, Yukio Lippit, and Aaron M. Rio. Sesson Shūkei: A Zen Monk-Painter in Medieval Japan. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 43–47, fig. 13; pp. 184–185, no. 10
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