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late 1500s–early 1600s
Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592) visual detail
ArtistKano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592)
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Provenance

Public
?–1979

(Kochukyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1979–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Kochukyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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Source exhibition text

Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980). Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984). Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988). Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998). 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). Practice and Play in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-November 30, 2025).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

This is one of a pair of screens showing a group of elite Chinese gentlemen and their servants in the countryside. One man is considering his painting-in-progress. Historically, practicing or admiring painting was considered a skill essential for cultured men in China.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 6 structured exhibitions.

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