id: 140476 accession number: 1964.386 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.386 updated: 2023-04-25 11:42:54.117000 Paulownias and Chrysanthemums, early 1800s. Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828). Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper; image: 152.7 x 154.9 cm (60 1/8 x 61 in.); overall: 157.5 x 158.5 cm (62 x 62 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1964.386 title: Paulownias and Chrysanthemums title in original language: 桐菊流水図屏風 series: series in original language: creation date: early 1800s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1828 current location: creditline: Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Folding screen type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828) - artist --- measurements: Image: 152.7 x 154.9 cm (60 1/8 x 61 in.); Overall: 157.5 x 158.5 cm (62 x 62 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: inscription at right reads: "Hoitsu hitsu" (painted by Hoitsu); within circle: (Hoitsu); tiny gourd shape below encloses two characters "Bun-zen," Hoitsu's name. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1964) opening date: 1964-12-08T05:00:00 Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 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: Rimpa Painting opening date: 1989-09-19T04:00:00 Rimpa Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989). title: Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2001-07-15T00:00:00 Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001). title: Silver Wind: The Art of Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828) and His Circle opening date: 2012-09-28T00:00:00 Silver Wind: The Art of Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828) and His Circle. Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (September 28, 2012-January 6, 2013). title: Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235 opening date: 2021-04-23T04:00:00 Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Collection, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1964 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1964- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Hōitsu often painted two-panel folding screens for urban clients residing in smaller spaces. A painting after this one in the Itabashi Museum in Tokyo shows an extended composition across a pair of two-panel screens. digital description: In this screen, Sakai Hōitsu expertly deployed a painting technique called “dripping-in” (tarashikomi). Ink and color dripped on the surface, and allowed to pool there, created the illusionistic effect of lichen-dotted tree bark and twisted chrysanthemum leaves. Paulownia and chrysanthemum are signifiers of late spring and early autumn as well as emblems of the Japanese imperial house. Paulownia also has medicinal properties and associations with fortitude, while chrysanthemum symbolizes good government. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 283 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n307 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. 283 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n307 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. 383 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n403 Cunningham, Michael R. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 29, pp. 64–65 url: McKelway, Matthew P., and Hōitsu Sakai. Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1828). New York: Japan Society, 2012. page number: Reproduced: p. 139-141, ex. cat. no. 41 url: "Summer Exhibitions." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 19. page number: Reproduced: P. 19. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.386/1964.386_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.386/1964.386_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.386/1964.386_full.tif