Beauty (Bijin) in the Snow

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990). 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).

Quick Overview

Artist: Shiba Kōkan (Japanese, 1747–1818)
Date: c. 1775–1818
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 103 x 40.4 cm (40 9/16 x 15 7/8 in.); Overall: 193 x 60 cm (76 x 23 5/8 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Japanese Art
Credit line: Kelvin Smith Fund
Accession no.: 1989.68

Provenance

?–1989: (Kenzaburo Marui, Ōsaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1989–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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