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Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums
The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund
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Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums

c. 1792–94
Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799) visual detail
ArtistNagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799)
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Provenance

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?–1970

(Setsu Gatodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1970–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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(Setsu Gatodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971). Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977). A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981). Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983). Animals in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 24, 2013-July 21, 2014).

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These paintings were originally mounted as sliding doors (<em>fusuma</em>) used inside a building. The circular areas on the paintings’ paper surfaces are traces of the former positions of the door pulls (<em>hikite</em>). A flock of sparrows gathers on a trellis supporting flowering chrysanthemum. Below is a litter of puppies, some cavorting, others napping. The tender story created by the curious puppy peering up and tilting its head to listen to the bird’s insistent call in the leftmost part of the composition is characteristic of Nagasawa Rosetsu’s paintings, which often use animals to illustrate the human condition.

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