id:			152446
accession number:	1985.273
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.273
updated:		2025-05-13 11:05:06.306000

Beneath the Willow, after 1778. Tsukioka Sessai (Japanese, d. 1839). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 94 x 33.2 cm (37 x 13 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.273

title:				Beneath the Willow
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series:				
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creation date:			after 1778
creation date earliest:		1778
creation date latest:		1839
current location:		
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 paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Tsukioka Sessai (Japanese, d. 1839)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 94 x 33.2 cm (37 x 13 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed: Bridge of the Law Sessai (Hokyo Sessai).
Sealed: Sessai
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ukiyo-e: Floating World
	opening date:   1973-06-11T04:00:00
	<i>Ukiyo-e: Floating World</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 11-September 2, 1973).

	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': 'Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); February 20 - May 6, 2003.', 'opening_date': '2003-02-20T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); August 26 - December 2, 2003.', 'opening_date': '2003-08-26T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236); January 13, 2015 -', 'opening_date': '2015-01-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Nathan Chaikin, Switzerland, 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

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IMAGES

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