id:			152478
accession number:	1985.301
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.301
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Koto from the series The Six Arts in Fashionable Guise, c. 1793–96. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.301

title:				Koto from the series The Six Arts in Fashionable Guise
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creation date:			c. 1793–96
creation date earliest:		1793
creation date latest:		1796
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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:	Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Eishi zu
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eiju han, emblem)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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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:		Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot
	opening date:   1993-11-07T04:00:00
	<i>Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 7, 1993-January 2, 1994).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017
	opening date:   2016-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.

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PROVENANCE

	McNair Scott (sale: Glendinings sale catalogue, April 1, 1960, lot 46)
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	Hans Popper (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, October 5, 1972, lot 142)
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	Eugene V. Thaw
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digital description:
Chinese classical education consisted of the Six Arts: performing rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. The Chinese qin, a stringed musical instrument in the zither family, customarily symbolizes the art of music. In this print a similar Japanese instrument, the koto, replaces the qin. The fashionable Japanese entertainer playing it stands in for an accomplished Chinese scholar.

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