id:			79931
accession number:	2015.503
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.503
updated:		2024-04-25 14:35:57.888000

Bamboo and Plum, 1500s. Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, active 1504-c. 1589). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; mounted: 198.1 x 60.4 cm (78 x 23 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.503

title:				Bamboo and Plum
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1504
creation date latest:		1589
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creditline:			Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, active 1504-c. 1589)  - artist

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measurements: Mounted: 198.1 x 60.4 cm (78 x 23 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	signed: "Sesson"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics:  Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea
	opening date:   2000-03-19T00:00:00
	<i>Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics:  Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).

	title:		Reeds and Geese: Japanese Art from the Collection of George Gund III
	opening date:   2017-05-21T04:00:00
	<i>Reeds and Geese: Japanese Art from the Collection of George Gund III</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 21-September 3, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George Gund III [1937-2013], ?-2015, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2015
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2015-present
	date: 2015-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Feltens, Frank, Yukio Lippit, and Aaron M. Rio. <em>Sesson Shūkei: A Zen Monk-Painter in Medieval Japan.</em> Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 180–181, no. 8
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