id:			152531
accession number:	1985.349
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.349
updated:		2023-12-05 16:05:34.017000

Child Reaching for a Fishbowl, c. mid 1720s. Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?-1756). Hand-colored woodblock print; sheet: 33.7 x 15.9 cm (13 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.349

title:				Child Reaching for a Fishbowl
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creation date:			c. mid 1720s
creation date earliest:		1724
creation date latest:		1727
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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:	hand-colored woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?-1756)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 33.7 x 15.9 cm (13 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Yamato eshi Nishimura Shigenaga zu
Artist Seal: Shigenaga
Publisher: Izumiya Gonshiro (Benie kongen Asakusa mitsuke dobocho Gonshiro)
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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:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017
	opening date:   2017-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection<br>Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".

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PROVENANCE

	R. E. Lewis, Inc.
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