id:			146145
accession number:	1971.43.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.43.2
updated:		2023-03-23 11:10:04.822000

Scenes from Essays in Idleness, late 1700s–early 1800s. Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper; image: 146.5 x 330.7 cm (57 11/16 x 130 3/16 in.); overall: 170.2 x 375.8 cm (67 x 147 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.43.2

title:				Scenes from Essays in Idleness
title in original language:	徒然草図屏風
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creation date:			late 1700s–early 1800s
creation date earliest:		1780
creation date latest:		1811
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Folding screen
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 146.5 x 330.7 cm (57 11/16 x 130 3/16 in.); Overall: 170.2 x 375.8 cm (67 x 147 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		Stories in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-10-08T04:00:00
	<i>Stories in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2021-April 3, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Mathias Komor [1909-1984], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1971
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1971-
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wall description:
Matsumura Goshun inscribed passages from Buddhist monk Yoshida Kenkō’s (1283–1350) well-known collection of anecdotes, <em>Essays in Idleness,</em> across the top of the panels of this screen and its pair. Goshun illustrated the narratives with his vision of the figures who feature in them. The texts cascade down from right to left, forming unique compositional relationships with the images below. The episodes offer a veritable portrait of human idiosyncrasy, from one man’s deep faith in radishes to another’s inability to avoid nicknames.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cunningham, Michael R. <em>Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 60–61, cat. no. 27
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	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. 29b
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IMAGES

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