id: 155615 accession number: 1990.6 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.6 updated: 2022-01-04 17:09:09.417000 Ibaraki, c. 1840. Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 214.6 x 195.5 cm (84 1/2 x 76 15/16 in.); mounted: 205.2 x 185.2 cm (80 13/16 x 72 15/16 in.); painting only: 161 x 172.2 cm (63 3/8 x 67 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1990.6 title: Ibaraki title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1840 creation date earliest: 1830 creation date latest: 1850 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: hanging scroll, ink on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 214.6 x 195.5 cm (84 1/2 x 76 15/16 in.); Mounted: 205.2 x 185.2 cm (80 13/16 x 72 15/16 in.); Painting only: 161 x 172.2 cm (63 3/8 x 67 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Notable Acquisitions opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991). title: Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2001-07-15T00:00:00 Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/15/01-8/12/01 (1st of 2 rotations). "Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art."

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236); July 21, 2014 - January 13, 2015. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: In 1840 Shibata Zeshin was commissioned by an association of sugar wholesalers to paint an ema, a votive tablet, to be dedicated to the Shinto shrine Oji Inari in the city of Edo (now Tokyo). This sketch is thought to be a preparatory drawing for the tablet. It depicts the demon Ibaraki, who resided in the Rashomon Gate, the southern gate of Heian-kyo (now Kyoto), rescuing its arm from the warrior Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021). Yorimitsu had ordered it cut off by Watanabe no Tsuna (953-1025). Having disguised itself as Yorimitsu’s aunt to gain access to its severed limb, Ibaraki is in the midst of transforming back into demon form. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cunningham, Michael R. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 147 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.6/1990.6_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.6/1990.6_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.6/1990.6_full.tif