id: 149943
accession number: 1980.177
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/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: 1981-06-24T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-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: Portraiture: The Image of the Individual
opening date: 1983-11-22T05:00:00
Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
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: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 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
* {'description': 'Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-July 13, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-03-18T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Mayuyama and Company, Tokyo, Japan, 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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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
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 and Reproduced: pp. 228–229
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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 Reproduced: 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: Mentioned and Reproduced: 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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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): 12-13.
page number: Reproduced: P. 13; Mentioned: P. 12.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.177/1980.177_web.jpg
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