Cleveland Museum of Art

Ablution Scene (Misogi)

Tawaraya Sōri

Date: late 1700s
Medium: hanging scroll, ink, color and gold leaf on paper
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

Three clues to this composition’s original format—a pair of doors to a cabinet shelf—are the two circles at either end, the seam down the center, and the size of the image.

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