Waves
late 1700s-early 1800s
Nakamura Hōchū
Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, d. 1819)
Japanese Art
Waves, late 1700s-early 1800s. Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, d. 1819). Fan painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color with gold on paper; image: 39.8 x 53 cm (15 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.); overall: 126.4 x 61.3 cm (49 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1999.90 Nakamura Hōchū painted waves on this handheld fan to bring coolness to the mind of its bearer. While fragile paper fans are often used for a single season, this one was cherished for its design. Someone carefully removed it from its folding apparatus and converted it into a hanging scroll for occasional enjoyment in an alcove. Nakamura Hōchū took inspiration for his work from the painter Ogata Kōrin.
- Maker/Artist
- Nakamura Hōchū
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- fan painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color with gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 39.8 x 53 cm (15 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.); Overall: 126.4 x 61.3 cm (49 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1999.90
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121)</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 10, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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