id:			148858
accession number:	1976.95.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.95.1
updated:		2025-10-04 11:20:49.301000
Horse Race at the Kamo Shrine, early to mid-1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper; image: 161 x 362 cm (63 3/8 x 142 1/2 in.); overall: 176.5 x 377.3 cm (69 1/2 x 148 9/16 in.); closed: 176.5 x 64 x 12.5 cm (69 1/2 x 25 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1976.95.1
title:				Horse Race at the Kamo Shrine
title in original language:	賀茂神社競馬図屏風
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creation date:			early to mid-1600s
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1650
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade 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
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measurements: Image: 161 x 362 cm (63 3/8 x 142 1/2 in.); Overall: 176.5 x 377.3 cm (69 1/2 x 148 9/16 in.); Closed: 176.5 x 64 x 12.5 cm (69 1/2 x 25 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
	title:		Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections
	opening date:   1977-03-23T05:00:00
	Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977).
	title:		Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen
	opening date:   1987-12-08T05:00:00
	Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).
	title:		Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1998-02-21T00:00:00
	Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).
	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).
	title:		Biombo: Japan's Gift of Folding Screens to the West
	opening date:   2007-09-01T00:00:00
	Biombo: Japan's Gift of Folding Screens to the West. Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (September 1-October 21, 2007); Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (October 30-December 16, 2007).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-December 24, 2013).', 'opening_date': '2013-04-19T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121).The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 10-July 16, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-03-10T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
	(Kochukyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
	Lee, Sherman E. “Horse Racing at Kamo Shrine.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 8 (October 1977): 253–275.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 253–275, figs. 1, 3, 11-17, 19-20
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159543
	The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 386
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n406
	Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 80–81, no. 46
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	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 212; Reproduced: pp. 214–215
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	Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 132–133, cat. no. 87
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	Cunningham, Michael R. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 28–29
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	Sakakibara, Satoru. Biombo: Japan heritage as legend of gold. [Japan?]: Nikkei, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 242–243, fig. 98
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	Filler, Martin. "The Global Eye of Sherman Lee": The Magazine Antiques, (October 2008), pp. 122–129.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 3, p. 123
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	Donley, Gregory M. "North Galleries Preview." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 53, no. 3 (May/June 2013): 11.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-03/page/10/mode/2up
	Vilbar, Sinéad, and Kevin Gray Carr. Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 40–45, no. 4
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	Vilbar, Sinéad. “Triumphant Returns: Treasured paintings on loan to Japanese museums and archaeological collections go back on display in Cleveland.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 1 (January/February 2019): 3, 12–13.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2019-01/page/n6/mode/1up
	"Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art." Asian Art: the Newspaper for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 22, i. 5 (May 2019): 8–9.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 8
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