God of Thunder (Raijin)

mid-1600s

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640)

Japanese Art

God of Thunder (Raijin), mid-1600s. Studio of Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640). Six-panel folding screen, ink, color and gold on paper; image: 150.4 x 343 cm (59 3/16 x 135 1/16 in.); overall: 162.4 x 355.8 cm (63 15/16 x 140 1/16 in.); panel: 162.4 x 59.2 cm (63 15/16 x 23 5/16 in.); with frame: 165.6 x 358.6 cm (65 3/16 x 141 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 2004.86

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Tawaraya Sōtatsu
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: six-panel folding screen, ink, color and gold on paper
Medium: six-panel, folding, screen, ink, color, gold, paper
Dimensions: Image: 150.4 x 343 cm (59 3/16 x 135 1/16 in.); Overall: 162.4 x 355.8 cm (63 15/16 x 140 1/16 in.); Panel: 162.4 x 59.2 cm (63 15/16 x 23 5/16 in.); with frame: 165.6 x 358.6 cm (65 3/16 x 141 3/16 in.)
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 2004.86
Credit Line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Exhibitions: Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights Statement: CC0