Genre Figures (c. 1816): Art, History and Details
Genre Figures at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1816, Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Genre Figures (c. 1816) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Takebe Sōchō (Japanese, 1760–1814).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Though rarely mentioned in official histories, Socho was an accomplished painter whose talent is readily apparent to the modern eye. For his compositions he chose traditional Japanese stories or everyday events. This painting belongs to a triptych (set of three) that was recently converted from folding screen panels to hanging scrolls.
Object facts
- Title: Genre Figures
- Date: c. 1816
- Creator attribution: Takebe Sōchō (Japanese, 1760–1814)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Type: Painting
- Technique: Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Overall: 125.4 x 49.6 cm (49 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Department: Japanese Art
- Accession number: 1987.72
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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