id: 152478
accession number: 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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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
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).
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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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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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