Kawanabe Kyōsai, Calligraphy and Painting Party
Wade Fund, 1983.88 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Kawanabe Kyōsai

Calligraphy and Painting Party

1880

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
139 × 69 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-108993

In this collaborative painting, artists create works in response to patrons’ requests. Kawanabe Kyōsai painted the figures and outlines of the screens and scrolls, and 10 bunjin completed them. Each calligraphy and painting has a signature. Physician and calligrapher Nakane Hanrei (中根半嶺) (1831–1914) wrote “longevity” (壽) with an enormous ink-filled brush. Painter Fukushima Ryūho (福島柳圃) (1820–1889) did the plum on the folding screen, while Matsuoka Kansui (松岡環翠) (1818–1887) did the lotus; the two seem to be standing nearby, pointing others toward their accomplishment.

Provenance

Wade Fund, 1983.88

Registry history

  • 1880 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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