id:			147896
accession number:	1974.25
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.25
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:36.223000

Kingfisher Perched above a Stream, late 1400s. Kenkō Shōkei (Japanese, active 1478–1506). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting only: 74.5 x 38 cm (29 5/16 x 14 15/16 in.); including mounting: 152.5 x 40.7 cm (60 1/16 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1974.25

title:				Kingfisher Perched above a Stream
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creation date:			late 1400s
creation date earliest:		1460
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Kenkō Shōkei (Japanese, active 1478–1506)  - artist

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measurements: Painting only: 74.5 x 38 cm (29 5/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Including mounting: 152.5 x 40.7 cm (60 1/16 x 16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Birds, Beasts, Blossoms, and Bugs: The Nature of Japan
	opening date:   1977-10-06T04:00:00
	<i>Birds, Beasts, Blossoms, and Bugs: The Nature of Japan</i>. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 6-December 3, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1974
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1974-
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CITATIONS

	Stern, Harold P. <em>Birds, Beasts, Blossoms, and Bugs: The Nature of Japan</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1976.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 11, pp. 36-37
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IMAGES

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