id:			152434
accession number:	1985.262
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.262
updated:		2025-05-29 11:07:46.239000

Pleasure Boat on the Sumida River, 1800s. Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 153.3 x 76.2 cm (60 3/8 x 30 in.); painting only: 40 x 55.3 cm (15 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.262

title:				Pleasure Boat on the Sumida River
title in original language:	隅田川舟遊び図
series:				
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1844
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 153.3 x 76.2 cm (60 3/8 x 30 in.); Painting only: 40 x 55.3 cm (15 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed: Teisai.
Sealed: Teisai go [no] 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).

	title:		Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections
	opening date:   2004-12-12T00:00:00
	<i>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).

	title:		Japan’s Floating World 日本の浮世
	opening date:   2022-04-08T04:00:00
	<i>Japan’s Floating World 日本の浮世</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Japanese Gallery 236 Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 13–November 16, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-11-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(David Newman, London, UK, 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.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 292–295.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 294
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160040

	Jenkins, Donald. “Paintings of the Floating World.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 244–278.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 252-253, fig. 5-6
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160038

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