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Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock
by Okabe Ko
About the Artwork
A great interest in Western scientific studies developed in Japan during the late Edo period (1615-1868) and into the Meiji era (1868-1912). One outcome of this phenomenon in the visual arts was the detailed portrayal of plant, animal, and marine life. This painting is an assemblage of objects carefully observed from nature, but not usually seen together.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Okabe Ko (Japanese)
- Date
- late 1800s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 170.2 x 87.7 cm (67 x 34 1/2 in.); Painting only: 126.4 x 56 cm (49 3/4 x 22 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1990.68
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
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-00010258
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