id:			146712
accession number:	1972.16
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.16
updated:		2025-04-16 18:14:20.125000

Gazing at a Waterfall, 1790. Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; painting: 112.5 x 51.1 cm (44 5/16 x 20 1/8 in.); mounted: 214 x 54.5 cm (84 1/4 x 21 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.16

title:				Gazing at a Waterfall
title in original language:	観瀑図
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creation date:			1790
creation date earliest:		1790
creation date latest:		1790
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841)  - artist

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measurements: Painting: 112.5 x 51.1 cm (44 5/16 x 20 1/8 in.); Mounted: 214 x 54.5 cm (84 1/4 x 21 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	The stone cliff of layered rocks is extremely high. Waterfalls tumbling from the skies reverberate in the clouds.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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

	title:		Japanese art rotation
	opening date:   2019-08-19T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 19, 2019-January 5, 2020).

	title:		To the River's South in Japanese Painting
	opening date:   2023-12-15T05:00:00
	<i>To the River's South in Japanese Painting</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 15, 2023-June 2, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Shogoro Yabumoto, Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, 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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RELATED WORKS

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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. 20
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