id:			139733
accession number:	1963.506
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.506
updated:		2025-02-09 02:55:20.858000

Beauties at the Seashore, c. 1765–92. Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, active c. 1765–92). 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:				
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creation date:			c. 1765–92
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1792
current location:		
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, active c. 1765–92)  - 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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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Undeciphered, severely faded seal in lower right corner
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Ukiyo-e Paintings
	opening date:   1966-04-05T05:00:00
	<i>Ukiyo-e Paintings</i>. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (organizer) (April 5-June 19, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Japanese Painters of the Floating World: [Exhibition]</em>. Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY (April-June, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-04-01T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20–May 6, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-05-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 25–December 2, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-12-02T00:00:00'}

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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Narazaki. "Ippitsusai Bunchō hitsu: yū suzumi zu." <em>Kokka</em> 國華, no. 836 (1961), pp. 528–531.
	page number: 	Reproduced
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	Yoshida and Kaneko. "'Kokka' shosai-no Bunchō nikuhitsu-no mondai." <em>Ukiyo-e</em> 浮世絵, no. 3 (1962), pp. 48–59.
	page number: 	Reproduced
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	Henning, Edward B. "Annual Report for 1963." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 51, no. 6 (1964): 127–161.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 142 and 144
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152003

	Young, Martie W. and Robert J. Smith. <em>Japanese Painters of the Floating World: [Exhibition]</em>. Ithaca, NY: Office of University Publications, Cornell University, 1966.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 45, pp. 19 and 97
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	Lane, Richard. “Ukiyo-E Paintings Abroad. A Review Article.” <em>Monumenta Nipponica</em> 23, no. 1/2 (1968): 190–207.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 6; Mentioned: p. 191
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/2383113

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