id: 149763
accession number: 1979.77
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Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang, 1500s. Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577). Handscroll; ink on paper; overall: 15.7 x 289.5 cm (6 3/16 x 114 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Sherman E. Lee in memory of John D. Rockefeller, 3rd 1979.77
title: Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
title in original language: 瀟湘八景図巻
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creation date: 1500s
creation date earliest: 1500
creation date latest: 1577
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creditline: Gift of Sherman E. Lee in memory of John D. Rockefeller, 3rd
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culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique: handscroll; ink on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Handscroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 15.7 x 289.5 cm (6 3/16 x 114 in.)
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inscription: Signature and seal of artist at end of painting.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1979
opening date: 1980-02-13T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
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: Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615)
opening date: 1988-10-04T04:00:00
Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4-December 11, 1988).
title: The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art
opening date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00
The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650). Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (March 25-May 17, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-03-25T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Setsu Gatodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to John D. Rockefeller III)
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John D. Rockefeller III [1906–1978], New York, NY
date: ? before 1978
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Dr. Sherman E. Lee [1918–2008], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1979
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1979–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Tsutomu Kameda 亀田孜. Sesson 雪村, Complete Collection of Japanese Painting, v. 8. Tōkyō: Shūeisha, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 84–85
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Akazawa, Eiji, Akio Takamizawa, and Junji Nakajima. Muromachi no suibokuga: Sesshū, Sesson, Motonobu [室町の水墨画 : 雪舟/雪村/元信 = Sesshu, Sesson, Motonobu : ink monochrome painting of Muromachi period]. Tōkyō: Gakushū Kenkyūsha, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: p. 169, figs. 75–77
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Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1979.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 67, no. 3, 1980, pp. 58–99.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 118, pp. 89 and 98
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159667
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, NY: Japan Society, 1981.
page number: Cat. No. 37; Reproduced: pp. 70–71
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"Visions of Landscape, East and West," Asia, vol. 4, no. 5 (January-February 1982), pp. 24-29.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 28–29
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Etō, Shun 衛藤駿, editor. Sesson Shūkei zengashū [雪村周継全画集 = Complete Collection of Paintings by Sesson Shukei]. Tōkyō: Kōdansha, 1982.
page number: Reproduced: vol. 1, plate 95
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Ōe, Takashi 大江孝. Sesson: Miharu Aizu [雪村 : 三春・会津 = Sesson: His Life in Miharu and Aizu]. Fukushima-ken Tamura-gun Miharu-machi: Kanesan Shoten, 1983.
page number: Reproduced: pls. 16–17
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Sŭng-hye Sŏn. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page number: Cat. No. 14
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Feltens, Frank, Yukio Lippit, and Aaron M. Rio. Sesson Shūkei: A Zen Monk-Painter in Medieval Japan. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 38–39, fig. 10; pp. 204–207, no. 19
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IMAGES
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