id:			155074
accession number:	1989.85.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.85.1
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:40.586000

Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): God of Thunder (Raijin), 1909. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Ink and color on paper; overall: 27.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1989.85.1

title:				Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): God of Thunder (Raijin)
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creation date:			1909
creation date earliest:		1909
creation date latest:		1909
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
technique:	ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 27.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Kamisakka Sekka: Rimpa Master - Pioneer of Modern Designs
	opening date:   2003-09-09T00:00:00
	<i>Kamisakka Sekka: Rimpa Master - Pioneer of Modern Designs</i>. National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan (September 9-October 19, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989–
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digital description:
Kamisaka Sekka made preparatory drawings for his <em>Flowers of a Hundred Worlds</em> series on tracing paper with ink and color. The freehand sketches are much looser than the finished, printed compositions.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wood, Donald Alan, Yūko Ikeda 池田祐子, and Kurt A. Gitter. <em>Kamisaka Sekka: Rinpa no keishō</em> [神坂雪佳: 琳派の継承 = Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa master, pioneer of modern design]. Kyōto: Kyōto Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan, 2003.
	page number: 	cat. no. 252-B2, p. 263
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IMAGES

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