Falcon

Description

This otsu-e painting depicts a hunting falcon, a lucky charm for a bountiful harvest.

Provenance

(Shogoro Yabumoto, Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982–)

Falcon

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1615–1868

Accession Number

1982.27

Medium

hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Painting only: 56.1 x 22.1 cm (22 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.); Including mounting: 124.5 x 33.6 cm (49 x 13 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund