Ablution Scene (Misogi)

Provenance

?–1985: (Yoshiyuki Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1985–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986). Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1987-January 10, 1988). Rimpa Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989). Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998). Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).

Quick Overview

Artist: Tawaraya Sōri (Japanese, active late 1700s)
Date: late 1700s
Medium: hanging scroll, ink, color and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image: 23.4 x 109.4 cm (9 3/16 x 43 1/16 in.); Overall: 110 x 122.8 cm (43 5/16 x 48 3/8 in.); with knobs: 110 x 128.2 cm (43 5/16 x 50 1/2 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Japanese Art
Credit line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Accession no.: 1985.29

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.