id: 153779 accession number: 1987.72.3 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.72.3 updated: 2022-01-04 17:03:47.609000 Genre Figures, c. 1816. Takebe Sōchō (Japanese, 1760-1814). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 125.5 x 49.7 cm (49 7/16 x 19 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.72.3 title: Genre Figures title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1816 creation date earliest: 1811 creation date latest: 1821 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Takebe Sōchō (Japanese, 1760-1814) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 125.5 x 49.7 cm (49 7/16 x 19 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Though rarely mentioned in official histories, Socho was an accomplished painter whose talent is readily apparent to the modern eye. For his compositions he chose traditional Japanese stories or everyday events. This painting belongs to a triptych (set of three) that was recently converted from folding screen panels to hanging scrolls. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.72.3/1987.72.3_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.72.3/1987.72.3_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.72.3/1987.72.3_full.tif