Cleveland Museum of Art

Horse Stable

Date

early 1500s

Medium

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

Culture

Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Prized horses in stables may be the main theme of the pair of screens of which this screen is a part, but a lot of action is happening on the veranda. Falconry is the focus of this screen, and a lively atmosphere develops in the interplay of the dynamic horses and the birds of prey. This is the earliest surviving example of the "horse stable" theme in Japanese screens.

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