id: 163546
accession number: 2004.86
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God of Thunder (Raijin), mid-1600s. Studio of Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640). Six-panel folding screen, ink, color and gold on paper; image: 150.4 x 343 cm (59 3/16 x 135 1/16 in.); overall: 162.4 x 355.8 cm (63 15/16 x 140 1/16 in.); panel: 162.4 x 59.2 cm (63 15/16 x 23 5/16 in.); with frame: 165.6 x 358.6 cm (65 3/16 x 141 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 2004.86
title: God of Thunder (Raijin)
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creation date: mid-1600s
creation date earliest: 1640
creation date latest: 1670
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creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique: six-panel folding screen, ink, color and gold on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Folding screen
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640) - artist
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measurements: Image: 150.4 x 343 cm (59 3/16 x 135 1/16 in.); Overall: 162.4 x 355.8 cm (63 15/16 x 140 1/16 in.); Panel: 162.4 x 59.2 cm (63 15/16 x 23 5/16 in.); with frame: 165.6 x 358.6 cm (65 3/16 x 141 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2014-01-15T00:00:00
Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Leighton R. Longhi Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-2004
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2004-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Masello, David, Dick Kagan, and Doris Goldstein. “Top 100 Treasures.” Art & Antiques vol. 28, no. 11 (November 2005): 75–103.
page number: Mentioned: p. 90, no. 53
url: http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ingallslibrary.idm.oclc.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=95a267a0-ce0a-4f15-ac31-2a70b14085e9%40sessionmgr4006&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=505167613&db=asu
Tsuji, Nobuo 辻惟雄, Takeo Izumi 泉武夫, Yūji Yamashita 山下裕二 , Masaaki Itakura 板倉聖哲, and Toshinobu Yasumura 安村敏信 . Sōtatsu, Kōrin to Katsura Rikyū: Edo jidai II [宗達・光琳と桂離宮: 江戶時代 II]. Tōkyō: Shōgakkan, 2013.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 233, fig. 40
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Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 15, pp. 58-61
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Longhi, Leighton R. Leighton R. Longhi: Forty-Five Years in Asian Art. [New York, N.Y.]: Leighton R. Longhi, 2019.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 288-289, fig. 282
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.86/2004.86_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.86/2004.86_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2004.86/2004.86_full.tif