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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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152413
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Copy of Zhai Dakun's Landscapes in the Styles of Old Masters
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152413
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object
title
Copy of Zhai Dakun's Landscapes in the Styles of Old Masters
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
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en
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Q60475511
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34613
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Portfolio
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 47.7 x 34.6 cm (18 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.); Painting only: 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
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album of 10 leaves; ink and color on silk
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Copy of Zhai Dakun's Landscapes in the Styles of Old Masters, 1847. Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854). Album of 10 leaves; ink and color on silk; overall: 47.7 x 34.6 cm (18 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.); painting only: 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
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
160.1981
didYouKnow
The album that inspired Tsubaki Chinzan is also in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.49"><u>1986.49</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.
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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.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 294
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The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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2026-05-29 07:52:35.098000
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152413
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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album of 10 leaves; ink and color on silk
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