id:			143879
accession number:	1968.267
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.267
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Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, 1700s. Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755). Six-panel folding screen, ink on paper; image: 150 x 356 cm (59 1/16 x 140 3/16 in.); overall: 170 x 376 cm (66 15/16 x 148 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of N. V. Hammer 1968.267

title:				Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1710
creation date latest:		1755
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creditline:			Gift of N. V. Hammer
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	Six-panel folding screen, ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Folding screen
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 150 x 356 cm (59 1/16 x 140 3/16 in.); Overall: 170 x 376 cm (66 15/16 x 148 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

	title:		Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections
	opening date:   1977-03-23T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977).

	title:		Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen
	opening date:   1984-08-01T04:00:00
	<i>Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984).

	title:		Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting
	opening date:   1985-10-01T04:00:00
	<i>Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986).

	title:		Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2001-07-15T00:00:00
	<i>Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).

	title:		The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art
	opening date:   2011-03-27T00:00:00
	<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	R. Fukui, Tokyo, Japan
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	Mayuyama and Co., Tokyo, Japan
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	N. V. Hammer, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968-
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wall description: 
Watanabe Shiko, an Edo period painter who combined Kano school style with Rimpa style, re-created the Xiao and the Xiang rivers on a pair of eight-panel screens. For this composition, he followed the Kano school’s sense of space, adapted from miniature copying paintings (<em>shukuzu</em>) by the Japanese artist Kano Tanyu. Watanabe revised the typical representations of the Xiao and the Xiang rivers by rendering the theme Wild Geese Descending to Sandbar on the right screen and Evening Bell from Mist-Shrouded Temple on the left screen. He depicted simple motifs—moon, boat, geese, and temple—to suggest the other scenes while also creating airy space.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		136419
	Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, 1700s. Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683-1755). Six-panel folding screen, ink on paper; image: 150 x 356 cm (59 1/16 x 140 3/16 in.); overall: 170 x 376 cm (66 15/16 x 148 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee 1960.284
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CITATIONS

	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 16
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Michael R. Cunningham. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 42-43
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