id:			152478
accession number:	1985.301
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.301
updated:		2025-02-09 04:20:10.273000

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:   1993-11-07T05:00:00
	<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

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.', 'opening_date': '1988-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Ronald Guthrie McNair Scott [1904 or 1906–1995], consigned to Glendining & Co for sale
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	(Glendining & Co., London, England, April 1, 1960 sale, lot 46)
	date: April 1, 1960
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	Hans Popper [1904–1971], consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet for sale
	date: ?–1972
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	(Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY. "The Hans Popper collection of Japanese prints," October 5, 1972 sale, lot 142)
	date: October 5, 1972
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	Eugene V. Thaw [1927–2018], New York, NY, to Kelvin and Eleanor 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

	Lee, Sherman E. “A. Kelvin Smith (1899-1984): Collector.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 240–243.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 241-242
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160037

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IMAGES

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