id: 146213
accession number: 1972.10.2
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Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo, 1668. Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper; image: 149 x 330 cm (58 11/16 x 129 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.10.2
title: Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo
title in original language: 牡丹に唐獅子と竹に虎図屏風
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creation date: 1668
creation date earliest: 1668
creation date latest: 1668
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creditline: John L. Severance 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 gilded paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Folding screen
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732) - artist
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measurements: Image: 149 x 330 cm (58 11/16 x 129 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
Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 18-October 26, 2003).
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PROVENANCE
(Nisaburo Mizutani, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1972
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1972–
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Sekkei lived and studied painting in Kyoto at the Kano school studio, the center of traditional painting activity in Japan since 1500. The use of gold foil as a backdrop for the frolicking animals served a practical as well as a decorative function. Because traditional Japanese rooms had no windows, interior lighting came from portable oil lamps and wax candles, whose effects were magnified by reflective surfaces.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cunningham, Michael R. "The Japanese Painter Yamaguchi Sekkei." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 1 (1980): 2-16.
page number: Reproduced: p. 2; Mentioned: p. 2-16
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159655
Cunningham, Michael R. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 38–39
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