id:			139733
accession number:	1963.506
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.506
updated:		2022-04-27 09:00:27.294000

Beauties at the Seashore, c. 1765–92. Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, dates unknown). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; image: 41.3 x 54 cm (16 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.); overall: 134 x 72.8 cm (52 3/4 x 28 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1963.506

title:				Beauties at the Seashore
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creation date:			c. 1765–92
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1792
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, dates unknown)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 41.3 x 54 cm (16 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.); Overall: 134 x 72.8 cm (52 3/4 x 28 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20–May 6, 2003).

* <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 25–December 2, 2003).

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PROVENANCE

	(N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1963
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1963–
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wall description: 
Bunchō portrays the popular subject of cooling off by the water on a late spring or early summer evening, as suggested by the willow. The seated lady enjoys her pipe-smoking—a popular pastime for Edo women. In the background, some fireworks are set off from a small boat.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Henning, Edward B. "Annual Report for 1963." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 51, no. 6 (1964): 127-61.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 142 and 144
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152003

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IMAGES

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