id: 152478 accession number: 1985.301 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.301 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1793–96 creation date earliest: 1793 creation date latest: 1796 current location: creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Eishi zu Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eiju han, emblem) Censorship Seal: kiwame translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection opening date: 1988-09-14T04:00:00 A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. 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 Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot. 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 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. --- PROVENANCE McNair Scott (sale: Glendinings sale catalogue, April 1, 1960, lot 46) date: footnotes: citations: Hans Popper (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, October 5, 1972, lot 142) date: footnotes: citations: Eugene V. Thaw date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.301/1985.301_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.301/1985.301_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.301/1985.301_full.tif