id:			152410
accession number:	1985.248
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.248
updated:		2022-10-29 15:36:13.231000

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

* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120); July 13 - November 11, 2004.

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PROVENANCE

	(Kobayashi, Tokyo); Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith.
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wall description: 
Shundai (1680-1747) was a noted Confucian scholar and writer. Brought up with a strongly Confucian family background, Bunch.’s veneration for Shundai is understandable. The inscription is by Nozawa Hikoroku, a scholar and poet contemporary with Buncho.
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