Cucumber and Eggplants

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cucumber and Eggplants

Yamada DōanLinkedCulture matchlcp-aad6f3bc00a6

Date
1500s
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Culture
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
150676

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Still lifes appear frequently in Western painting. This is not the case in East Asian painting traditions. Nevertheless, Zen monastic communities in medieval Japan did like the subject because its outward, "simple" appearance camouflaged the skills required to portray the subject convincingly.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
?–1982: (Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1982–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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