Cleveland Museum of Art
Waves
Nakamura Hōchū
- Date
- late 1700s-early 1800s
- Medium
- fan painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color with gold on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Nakamura Hōchū painted waves on this handheld fan to bring coolness to the mind of its bearer. While fragile paper fans are often used for a single season, this one was cherished for its design. Someone carefully removed it from its folding apparatus and converted it into a hanging scroll for occasional enjoyment in an alcove. Nakamura Hōchū took inspiration for his work from the painter Ogata Kōrin.
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