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Source Description
These paintings were originally mounted as sliding doors (<em>fusuma</em>) used inside a building. The circular areas on the paintings’ paper surfaces are traces of the former positions of the door pulls (<em>hikite</em>). 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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Document identity
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145424
label
Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums
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painting
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Source metadata
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145424
contentType
painting
title
Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums
description
These paintings were originally mounted as sliding doors (<em>fusuma</em>) used inside a building. The circular areas on the paintings’ paper surfaces are traces of the former positions of the door pulls (<em>hikite</em>). 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.
date
c. 1792–94
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CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60471128
creators
20337
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Painting
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 211.4 x 94 cm (83 1/4 x 37 in.); Painted surface: 167.6 x 91.5 cm (66 x 36 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1970.71.4
Source extras
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Fusuma panel remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
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Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums, c. 1792–94. Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799). Fusuma panel remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; overall: 211.4 x 94 cm (83 1/4 x 37 in.); painted surface: 167.6 x 91.5 cm (66 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1970.71.4
collection
ASIAN - Hanging scroll
formerAccessionNumbers
1970.74
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 58, no. 2, 1971, pp. 22–71.
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Mentioned: no. 127, p. 69
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:28:12.857000
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145424
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Japanese Art
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ASIAN - Hanging scroll
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Fusuma panel remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper
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male
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photo
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