id: 155065 accession number: 1989.8.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.8.1 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:40.527000 Hotei with Daoist Immortals: Immortal Riding Carp, late 1600s-early 1700s. Kyūseki Tomonobu (Japanese, 1653–1721). Triptych of hanging scrolls: ink on paper; painting only: 119.6 x 51 cm (47 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.); including mounting: 210.2 x 68.6 cm (82 3/4 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1989.8.1 title: Hotei with Daoist Immortals: Immortal Riding Carp title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1600s-early 1700s creation date earliest: 1670 creation date latest: 1721 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: triptych of hanging scrolls: ink on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kyūseki Tomonobu (Japanese, 1653–1721) - artist --- measurements: Painting only: 119.6 x 51 cm (47 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.); Including mounting: 210.2 x 68.6 cm (82 3/4 x 27 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017 opening date: 2017-01-09T05:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Eastern Fine Arts, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1989 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1989– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Hotei was a Chan (Japanese: Zen) monk living in China during the 900s who, in the 1300s, became a legendary figure in Japan. At that time a popular cult praising him sprang up, extending beyond Zen to other religious communities. This rare triptych embraces a central Zen icon with flanking Daoist images, thereby suggesting the compatibility, rather than the exclusivity, of these two creeds. Hotei also enjoys popularity in Japan as a kind of genre, or folk figure, which explains his mirthful expression in Japanese paintings. The Daoist figures in contrast appear eccentric and foreign-looking, in keeping with Daoist lore. When these paintings came to the museum their appearance was compromised by poor quality textile mountings and cracked paper surfaces deserving of restoration. The fact that these scrolls constituted an integral set that properly had to be shown as a unit heightened the need to stabilize their condition and improve their presentation for museum visitors. A complete remounting of each scroll occurred following the cleaning of the paper surfaces and the repair of the lifting surface areas. No inpainting was done, thereby preserving the original ink values and brushstrokes. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.8.1/1989.8.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.8.1/1989.8.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.8.1/1989.8.1_full.tif