id:			151078
accession number:	1983.10
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.10
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:19.589000

Plum Tree, c. 1700. Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; image: 94 x 35.4 cm (37 x 13 15/16 in.); including mounting: 177.2 x 51.8 cm (69 3/4 x 20 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1983.10

title:				Plum Tree
title in original language:	梅樹図
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1700
creation date earliest:		1680
creation date latest:		1716
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 94 x 35.4 cm (37 x 13 15/16 in.); Including mounting: 177.2 x 51.8 cm (69 3/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Artist's signature and seal above hillock bottom right corner
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1983
	opening date:   1984-02-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

	title:		Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting
	opening date:   1985-10-01T04:00:00
	<i>Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986).

	title:		Rimpa Painting
	opening date:   1989-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Rimpa Painting</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).

	title:		Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
	opening date:   1991-09-17T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).

	title:		Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2001-07-15T00:00:00
	<i>Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).

	title:		Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235
	opening date:   2021-04-23T04:00:00
	<i>Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Later Japanese Art Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 4, 2003-March 18, 2004).

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PROVENANCE

	(Shunichi Yabumoto Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1983
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1983–
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fun fact:
The Rinpa style of painting is named for Ogata Kōrin, even though he did not create it.

digital description:
Ogata Kōrin had to think through his design carefully to create these white plum blossoms and deliver their effect, as he used the reserve technique—where selected areas of the painting surface are left unpainted—to achieve it. He probably roughed in the tree before applying an ink wash to the entire silk surface, except where he intended to place the flowers. He likely then returned to articulate the petals and, in some cases, the pistils and stamens. The composition shows the tree twisting out of view, only to return with a branch of new growth jabbing forth from an old, broken limb, thereby heightening the visual impact of the blossoms.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. "Year in Review for 1983." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 71, no. 2 (1984): 38-79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 230, p. 77; Reproduced: no. 230, p. 41
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159848

	Cunningham, Michael R. <em>Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 86
	url:		

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IMAGES

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