id: 149097
accession number: 1977.30
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Gazing at a Waterfall, early 1500s. Sōami (Japanese, d. 1525). Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; painting: 29 x 30.1 cm (11 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.); mounted with knobs: 113 x 47.6 cm (44 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.30
title: Gazing at a Waterfall
title in original language: 観瀑図
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creation date: early 1500s
creation date earliest: 1500
creation date latest: 1525
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique: Album leaf mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Sōami (Japanese, d. 1525) - artist
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measurements: Painting: 29 x 30.1 cm (11 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Mounted with knobs: 113 x 47.6 cm (44 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1977
opening date: 1977-12-28T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
title: Visions of Landscape: East and West
opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00
Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
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: The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art
opening date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00
The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).
title: To the River's South in Japanese Painting
opening date: 2023-12-15T05:00:00
To the River's South in Japanese Painting. 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
(Kinzen Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1977
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1977–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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. 56-57, no. 28
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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: Mentioned and Reproduce: p. 109, cat. no. 73
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Cunningham, Michael R., Shinʼichi Miyajima, and Yūji Yamashita. Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics: Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 2, p. 4
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 40-41, no. 19
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Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 19
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"Permanent Collection Installations.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 65, no. 2 (June/July/August 2024): 14-15.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 14.
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IMAGES
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print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.30/1977.30_print.jpg
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