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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1765–92 creation date earliest: 1760 creation date latest: 1792 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, dates unknown) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1963) opening date: 1963-11-26T05:00:00 Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20–May 6, 2003). * Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 25–December 2, 2003). --- PROVENANCE (N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1963 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1963– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Henning, Edward B. "Annual Report for 1963." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 6 (1964): 127-61. page number: Mentioned: pp. 142 and 144 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152003 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.506/1963.506_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.506/1963.506_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.506/1963.506_full.tif