id:			152434
accession number:	1985.262
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.262
updated:		2022-10-29 15:36:28.584000

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:		Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235
	opening date:   2022-04-08T04:00:00
	<i>Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).

* <em>Japanese Gallery 236 Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 13–November 16, 2015).

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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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wall description: 
After a major fire in Edo (now Tokyo), the Yoshiwara licensed brothel district was relocated to an area accessed via boat along the Sumida River, giving rise to many compositions depicting travel there. Here, attendants with checkered robes serve refreshment to a client. A figure at the fore of the boat tends to the kitchen. A courtesan at the aft, or rear, surveys the river scene. Acquaintances converse in modest commuter boats, and fishers put in to a tiny island. The boat is near the entrance to the San’ya Canal, where pleasure-seekers would disembark.
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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>, vol. 75, no. 7, 1988, pp. 292–295.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 294
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160040

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