id:			153727
accession number:	1987.35
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.35
updated:		2025-08-20 12:39:54.901000

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 1800s. Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; image: 28.2 x 25.2 cm (11 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); including mounting: 114.3 x 44.2 cm (45 x 17 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1987.35

title:				Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 28.2 x 25.2 cm (11 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Including mounting: 114.3 x 44.2 cm (45 x 17 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's signature and seal at upper right
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen
	opening date:   1987-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988).

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	title:		Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan
	opening date:   1993-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).

	title:		Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2001-07-15T00:00:00
	<i>Unfolding Beauty:  Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).

	title:		The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art
	opening date:   2011-03-27T00:00:00
	<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 10-July 16, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-03-10T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1987
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cunningham, Michael R. <em>Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 86
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	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 52–53, no. 28
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