id:			152411
accession number:	1985.249
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.249
updated:		2025-02-19 12:14:58.326000

Courtesan, 1716–35. Matsuno Chikanobu (Japanese, active 1716–35). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 179.1 x 58.5 cm (70 1/2 x 23 1/16 in.); overall: 177.8 x 52.7 cm (70 x 20 3/4 in.); painting only: 91 x 35.5 cm (35 13/16 x 14 in.); painting only: 91.8 x 39.6 cm (36 1/8 x 15 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.249

title:				Courtesan
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creation date:			1716–35
creation date earliest:		1716
creation date latest:		1735
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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

* Matsuno Chikanobu (Japanese, active 1716–35)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 179.1 x 58.5 cm (70 1/2 x 23 1/16 in.); Overall: 177.8 x 52.7 cm (70 x 20 3/4 in.); Painting only: 91 x 35.5 cm (35 13/16 x 14 in.); Painting only: 91.8 x 39.6 cm (36 1/8 x 15 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>Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-July 13, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-03-18T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, 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

	“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
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IMAGES

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