Horse Stable
early 1500s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Horse Stable, early 1500s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper; painting: 146 x 349.6 cm (57 1/2 x 137 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1934.373 This pair of screens combines images of prized horses in their stalls with vignettes of games and sport. One of the screens has a special focus on falconry, while the other depicts people playing the board games go and shōgi. Dogs and monkeys, one of which has caught the eye of a finely attired youth, heighten the appeal of the scene. This is the earliest surviving example of the "horse stable" theme in Japanese screens.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting: 146 x 349.6 cm (57 1/2 x 137 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1934.373
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Japanese Decorative Style, Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections, Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art, Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen, Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen, Screen Paintings of the Muromachi Period, The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th Century Art in Japan, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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