Cleveland Museum of Art
Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums
Nagasawa RosetsuLinkedCulture matchlcp-f2893a98bd7e
- Date
- c. 1792–94
- Medium
- Fusuma panel remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 145424
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
These paintings were originally mounted as sliding doors ( fusuma ) used inside a building. The circular areas on the paintings’ paper surfaces are traces of the former positions of the door pulls ( hikite ). A flock of sparrows gathers on a trellis supporting flowering chrysanthemum. Below is a litter of puppies, some cavorting, others napping. The tender story created by the curious puppy peering up and tilting its head to listen to the bird’s insistent call in the leftmost part of the composition is characteristic of Nagasawa Rosetsu’s paintings, which often use animals to illustrate the human condition.
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1970: (Setsu Gatodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1970–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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