id:			144292
accession number:	1969.127
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.127
updated:		2025-05-20 11:16:45.896000

Scenes from the Tales of Ise, mid-1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; painting only: 95.2 x 276 cm (37 1/2 x 108 11/16 in.); overall: 109.3 x 258.9 cm (43 1/16 x 101 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1969.127

title:				Scenes from the Tales of Ise
title in original language:	伊勢物語図屏風
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creation date:			mid-1600s
creation date earliest:		1625
creation date latest:		1675
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Folding screen
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting only: 95.2 x 276 cm (37 1/2 x 108 11/16 in.); Overall: 109.3 x 258.9 cm (43 1/16 x 101 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections
	opening date:   1977-03-23T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections</i>. 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
	<i>Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2020-01-24T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 24-October 11, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Elm and Company, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kita, Sanoy. “An Illustration of the Ise Monogatari: Matabei and the Two Worlds of Ukiyo.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 71, no. 7 (September 1984): 252–267.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 252-253, 261, fig. 1, pl. II
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159874

	<em>Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara</em> [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp 130-131, cat. no. 86
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	Cuningham, Michael R. <em>Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 38, p. 76
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