Scenes from Essays in Idleness

late 1700s–early 1800s

Matsumura Goshun

Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811)

Japanese Art

Scenes from Essays in Idleness, late 1700s–early 1800s. Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper; image: 146.5 x 330.7 cm (57 11/16 x 130 3/16 in.); overall: 170.2 x 375.8 cm (67 x 147 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.43.2

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Matsumura Goshun
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
Medium: pair, six-panel, folding, screens, ink, color, paper
Dimensions: Image: 146.5 x 330.7 cm (57 11/16 x 130 3/16 in.); Overall: 170.2 x 375.8 cm (67 x 147 15/16 in.)
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1971.43.2
Credit Line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Exhibitions: Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Stories in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation)
Rights Statement: CC0