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Source Description
As the title of this album suggests, Tsubaki Chinzan painted each of the landscapes included in the album after interpretations of the styles of old masters by Chinese painter Zhai Dakun (翟大坤, active 1730–1804). In addition to the painted compositions, he also copied the inscriptions on Zhai Dakun's paintings.
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Document identity
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152417
label
Willow Branches in Spring
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152417
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title
Willow Branches in Spring
description
As the title of this album suggests, Tsubaki Chinzan painted each of the landscapes included in the album after interpretations of the styles of old masters by Chinese painter Zhai Dakun (翟大坤, active 1730–1804). In addition to the painted compositions, he also copied the inscriptions on Zhai Dakun's paintings.
date
1847
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60475525
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34613
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Portfolio
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Each leaf: 41 x 31.5 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1985.251.3
Source extras
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album leaf; ink and color on silk
tombstone
Willow Branches in Spring, 1847. Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854). Album leaf; ink and color on silk; each leaf: 41 x 31.5 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.251.3
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Tsubaki Chinzan inscribed each leaf with the same inscription that Zhai Dakun wrote on his album leaves.
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1
formerAccessionNumbers
1985.251b
didYouKnow
This composition was inspired by Zhai Dakun's album leaf, <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.49.3"><u>CMA 1986.49.3</u></a>.
citations
citation
Yamanouchi, Chōzō 山內長三. <em>Nihon nangashi </em>日本南画史 [The history of Japanese nanga painting]. Tōkyō: 瑠璃書房: 発売 六興出版, 1981.
page_number
Reproduced: pp. 471–473
citation
“Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>75, no. 7 (September 1988): 292–295.
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Mentioned: p. 294
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The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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2026-05-29 07:52:36.442000
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152417
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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album leaf; ink and color on silk
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male
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