id:			147592
accession number:	1973.86
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.86
updated:		2025-05-20 11:16:46.731000

Weizheng Riding on an Ox, 1687. Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732), Nanyuan Xingpai (Chinese, 1631–1692). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting: 116.5 x 39 cm (45 7/8 x 15 3/8 in.); mounted: 201.3 x 55.9 cm (79 1/4 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Nisaburo Mizutani, 1973.86

title:				Weizheng Riding on an Ox
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creation date:			1687
creation date earliest:		1687
creation date latest:		1687
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creditline:			Gift of Nisaburo Mizutani
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644–1732)  - artist

* Nanyuan Xingpai (Chinese, 1631–1692)  - inscription by

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measurements: Painting: 116.5 x 39 cm (45 7/8 x 15 3/8 in.); Mounted: 201.3 x 55.9 cm (79 1/4 x 22 in.)
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	inscription:	関房印　正法（灋）眼/抗志山林邂名宰蒋/  跨個黃牛翩翩步武/  扣角穿雲入聖圖/  石人拍掌須彌舞/   筆丁卯春日/ 福唐南源　謹題/ 印（上）性派之印/　印（下）南源/　款記 梅庵雪渓筆/　落款印（上）梅庵（下）雪渓
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting
	opening date:   1985-10-01T04:00:00
	<i>Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986).

	title:		Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen
	opening date:   1987-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Nisaburo Mizutani, Kyoto, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1973–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cunningham, Michael R. "The Japanese Painter Yamaguchi Sekkei." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 1 (1980): 2–16.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11; Mentioned: pp. 2–16
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159655

	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Ar</em>t. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 25, p. 48
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