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Genre Figures
by Takebe Sōchō
About the Artwork
Though rarely mentioned in official histories, Socho was an accomplished painter whose talent is readily apparent to the modern eye. For his compositions he chose traditional Japanese stories or everyday events. This painting belongs to a triptych (set of three) that was recently converted from folding screen panels to hanging scrolls.
Provenance
?–1987: (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1987–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988). Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Takebe Sōchō (Japanese, 1760–1814)
- Date
- c. 1816
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 125.5 x 49.8 cm (49 7/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1987.72.2
More by Takebe Sōchō in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009799
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