id:			152441
accession number:	1985.269
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.269
updated:		2025-07-03 20:00:52.576000

The Four Accomplishments, c. 1620–50. Attributed to Iwasa Matabei (Japanese, 1578–1650). Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper; image: 115.9 x 51.3 cm (45 5/8 x 20 3/16 in.); overall: 211.1 x 64 cm (83 1/8 x 25 3/16 in.); with knobs: 211.1 x 69.6 cm (83 1/8 x 27 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.269

title:				The Four Accomplishments
title in original language:	琴棋書画図
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creation date:			c. 1620–50
creation date earliest:		1620
creation date latest:		1650
current location:		235A Japanese
creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Iwasa Matabei (Japanese, 1578–1650)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 115.9 x 51.3 cm (45 5/8 x 20 3/16 in.); Overall: 211.1 x 64 cm (83 1/8 x 25 3/16 in.); with knobs: 211.1 x 69.6 cm (83 1/8 x 27 3/8 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:		Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1998-02-21T00:00:00
	<i>Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

	title:		Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2014-01-15T00:00:00
	<i>Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).

	title:		Practice and Play in Japanese Art
	opening date:   2025-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>Practice and Play in Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-November 30, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Setsu, 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

	"Shading related to 'Making beads' by Katsushige Iwasa." <em>Kokka </em>國華 v. 58, no. 691 (October 1949).
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 7
	url:		

	<em>Nippon Bijutsu Kaiga Zenshu</em> [Complete Collection of Japanese Paintings] v. 13 Iwasa Matabe. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 49
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	“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

	Shimizu, Christine. <em>Femmes Du Japon</em>. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 140
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	<em>Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara </em>[東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 140, no. 93
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	Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. <em>Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 88
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	<em>Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> [クリーブランド美術館展: 名画でたどる日本の美= Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 16, p. 62
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IMAGES

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