id:			151543
accession number:	1983.88
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.88
updated:		2020-05-12 09:13:19.047000

Painting Party, 1880. Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831-1889). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting only: 139 x 69 cm (54 3/4 x 27 3/16 in.); including mounting: 221 x 97.5 cm (87 x 38 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.88

title:				Painting Party
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creation date:			1880
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1880
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade 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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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831-1889)  - artist

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measurements: Painting only: 139 x 69 cm (54 3/4 x 27 3/16 in.); Including mounting: 221 x 97.5 cm (87 x 38 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Artist's signature and seal at lower left.
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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:		Images of the Mind
	opening date:   1987-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

	title:		Scholar's Studio
	opening date:   1989-09-26T04:00:00
	<i>Scholar's Studio</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 26-December 31, 1989).

	title:		The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art
	opening date:   2011-03-27T00:00:00
	<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-May 6, 2003).

* <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 26-December 2, 2003).

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PROVENANCE

	(David Newman, New York, ?-1983, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1983
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1983-present
	date: 1983-
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wall description: 
This lively painting depicts <em>shogakai</em>, a gathering during which calligraphers and painters created artwork in response to their patrons’ requests. Such calligraphy and painting parties were a popular topic to render in the early Meiji period. This work conveys the cheerful atmosphere of the gathering. Here, each tiny painting and calligraphy was made by an individual artist with his own seal and signature.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 9, pp. 22-23
	url:		

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.88/1983.88_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.88/1983.88_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1983.88/1983.88_full.tif