id: 152250 accession number: 1985.132 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.132 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:25.434000 Scene from the Tale of the Wisteria Robe, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: 16.2 x 33 cm (6 3/8 x 13 in.); overall: 105.4 x 57.2 cm (41 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1985.132 title: Scene from the Tale of the Wisteria Robe title in original language: 藤の衣物語絵巻断簡 series: series in original language: creation date: 1400s creation date earliest: 1400 creation date latest: 1499 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) technique: section of a handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 16.2 x 33 cm (6 3/8 x 13 in.); Overall: 105.4 x 57.2 cm (41 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1985 opening date: 1986-02-12T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986). title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00 Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992). 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: 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: Stories in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation) opening date: 2021-10-08T04:00:00 Stories in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2021-April 3, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 18-October 26, 2003). --- PROVENANCE (Yoshiyuki Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1985 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1985– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Members of the court, both male and female, are depicted in dress and hairstyles from the earlier Heian period (794–1185). digital description: wall description: The Tale of the Wisteria Robe chronicles the family saga and spiritual wanderings of a noble whose garment has a signature scent. In the complete set of two scrolls, the paintings were preceded by textual passages and included dialogue floating over the characters depicted. This fragment of the story shows several figures engaged in private conversations held in chambers divided by sliding doors. Numerical notations in the text indicate the order in which things are being said. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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.101, cat. no. 67 url: Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 54 url: 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: cat. no. 10, p. 45 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.132/1985.132_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.132/1985.132_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.132/1985.132_full.tif