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Beauty in a Boat on Sumida River
Also known as: A Beauty Cooling Off on Sumida-gawa
About the Artwork
The Sumida River was a popular refuge from the heat and humidity of the city during the summer. One can see the torii gate of Mimeguri Shrine just to the left of the woman's fan.
Inscriptions
artist's signature 栄之筆 and seal, lower right.
Provenance
? by 1923–?: Takeoka Toyota 武岡豐太 [1864–1931], Kobe, Japan (Hosomi, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) ?–1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1985–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
- Date
- c. 1801–4
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 191.8 x 53.3 cm (75 1/2 x 21 in.); Painting only: 95.3 x 33 cm (37 1/2 x 13 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Accession no.
- 1985.254
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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-00009923
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