id: 149943
accession number: 1980.177
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Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon, 1827. Watanabe Kazan (Japanese, 1793-1841). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; image: 221.8 x 117.8 cm (87 5/16 x 46 3/8 in.); overall: 256.8 x 131 cm (101 1/8 x 51 9/16 in.); with knobs: 256.8 x 140.5 cm (101 1/8 x 55 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1980.177
title: Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon
title in original language: 大空武左衛門像
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creation date: 1827
creation date earliest: 1827
creation date latest: 1827
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creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Watanabe Kazan (Japanese, 1793-1841) - artist
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measurements: Image: 221.8 x 117.8 cm (87 5/16 x 46 3/8 in.); Overall: 256.8 x 131 cm (101 1/8 x 51 9/16 in.); with knobs: 256.8 x 140.5 cm (101 1/8 x 55 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1980
opening date: 1981-06-23T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 23-July 19, 1981).
title: Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art
opening date: 1983-03-16T04:00:00
Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983).
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T04:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
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: Honoring Sherman Lee
opening date: 2009-06-28T00:00:00
Honoring Sherman Lee. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 28-August 30, 2009).
title: Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2014-01-15T00:00:00
Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).
title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
opening date: 2019-01-07T05:00:00
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 7-July 8, 2019).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-July 13, 2004).
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PROVENANCE
(Mayuyama and Company, Tokyo, Japan, ?-1980, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1980
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1980-
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fun fact:
Watanabe Kazan was interested in Rangaku (Dutch Learning).
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Over seven feet tall, Ōzora Buzaemon became a tabloid sensation when he arrived in Edo (Tokyo) in 1827 . His handprints were cherished souvenirs, and his image was sold on woodblock prints. As inscriptions on the scroll detail, Watanabe Kazan met Buzaemon at the residence of a noted Confucian scholar. Using a camera obscura–type device—a tool that uses light to project an image onto a surface—he made this preliminary drawing for a painting. The portrayal depicts Buzaemon’s discomfort in being stared at.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page number: Reproduced: p. 355, fig. 59
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
Cleveland Museum of Art. Tōyō kaiga no seika: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara : tokubetsuten. 1998.
page number: Referenced: p 139, cat. no. 92
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Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014.
page number: Referenced: pp. 68-69, cat. no. 22.
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Morland, Carol. "Images of Sato Issai and the Early Portraiture of Watanabe Kazan." Orientations, 50, no.1 (Jan./Feb. 2019): 114-121.
page number: Mentioned: p. 118; Reproduced: p.119, fig. 8
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.177/1980.177_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.177/1980.177_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.177/1980.177_full.tif