id:			152451
accession number:	1985.279
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.279
updated:		2025-05-20 11:16:47.491000

Festival Scenes, 1615–99. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper; overall: 51.1 x 208.9 cm (20 1/8 x 82 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.279

title:				Festival Scenes
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creation date:			1615–99
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1699
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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:	pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Folding screen
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 51.1 x 208.9 cm (20 1/8 x 82 1/4 in.)
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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:		Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen
	opening date:   1987-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).

	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:		Art in Miniature:  Japanese Netsuke from The Toledo Museum of Art
	opening date:   2000-04-18T00:00:00
	<i>Art in Miniature:  Japanese Netsuke from The Toledo Museum of Art</i>. The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (organizer) (April 20-June 11, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(R. Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
	date: ?–1973
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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: 1973–1985
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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

	Putney, Carolyn M. <em>Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art</em>. 1st ed. Toledo, OH: Toledo Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 10 & 11
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	Cunningham, Michael R. <em>Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 42, p. 77
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	Vilbar, Sinéad. “Enhancing East Asia: Experience the Japanese and Korean galleries in new light.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 56, no. 3 (May/June 2016): 23–24.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 24
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-03

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IMAGES

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