id:			152410
accession number:	1985.248
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2025-02-09 04:19:28.259000

Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai, late 1700s–1800s. Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 130.8 x 38.1 cm (51 1/2 x 15 in.); painting only: 38 x 26.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.248

title:				Imaginary Portrait of Shundai Dazai
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creation date:			late 1700s–1800s
creation date earliest:		1790
creation date latest:		1843
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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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

* Tani Bunchō (Japanese, 1763–1841)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 130.8 x 38.1 cm (51 1/2 x 15 in.); Painting only: 38 x 26.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Japanese Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries</em>. Japan House Gallery, New York, NY (April 4-May 18, 1980); St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (June 6-August 24, 1980); Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (September 16-October 26, 1980).', 'opening_date': '1980-04-04T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 11, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-07-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
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	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: –1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hillier, Jack Ronald. <em>Japanese Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Catalogue</em>. Washington, D.C.: The Foundation, 1980.
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	“Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>75, no. 7 (September 1988): 292–295.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 294
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160040

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