id:			152443
accession number:	1985.270
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.270
updated:		2025-04-30 11:28:30.999000

Spring Dance Scene, mid- to late 1600s. Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, c. 1618–1694). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 151.1 x 92.1 cm (59 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.); painting only: 40 x 68.3 cm (15 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.270

title:				Spring Dance Scene
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creation date:			mid- to late 1600s
creation date earliest:		1630
creation date latest:		1694
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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 silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, c. 1618–1694)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 151.1 x 92.1 cm (59 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.); Painting only: 40 x 68.3 cm (15 3/4 x 26 7/8 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Bunzo Nakanishi, Kyoto, 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
	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. 257-258, fig. 10-11
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160038

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