id:			146391
accession number:	1972.117.1.8
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.117.1.8
updated:		2022-01-04 16:44:49.927000

Orchid, early to mid-1800s. Watanabe Kazan (Japanese, 1793-1841). Album leaf; ink on ivory silk; sheet: 26.3 x 19.1 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.117.1.8

title:				Orchid
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creation date:			early to mid-1800s
creation date earliest:		1815
creation date latest:		1841
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creditline:			Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	album leaf; ink on ivory silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Album leaf
type:		Painting
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* Watanabe Kazan (Japanese, 1793-1841)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 26.3 x 19.1 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
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The Nanga, or "Southern School" painters of 17th- and 18th-century Japan were greatly influenced by Chinese culture. The subjects and styles of their work reflected the contemporary Japanese taste for imported Chinese objects and learning. A common practice among Nanga painters was the exchange of small paintings and calligraphies. They also celebrated special gatherings of artist-friends by producing individual sheets that were then gathered together in albums. The sheets shown here were part of such a gathering.
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