| schema:description 9 | "wall_description: The Nanga, or "Southern School" painters of 17th- and 18th-century Japan were greatly influenced by Chinese culture. The subjects and styles of their work reflected the contemporary Japanese taste for imported Chinese objects and learning. A common practice among Nanga painters was the exchange of small paintings and calligraphies. They also celebrated special gatherings of artist-friends by producing individual sheets that were then gathered together in albums. The sheets shown here were part of such a gathering....(more)" |
| schema:description | "type: Painting" |
| schema:description | "culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)" |
| schema:description | "collection: ASIAN - Album leaf" |
| schema:description | "id: 146398" |
| schema:description | "tombstone: Short Nap on a Long Summer Day, late 18th-early 19th century. Beisanjin Okada (Japanese, 1744-1820). Album leaf; ink and light color on ivory silk; sheet: 25.7 x 16.8 cm (10 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.117.2.3...(more)" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Sheet: 25.7 x 16.8 cm (10 1/8 x 6 5/8 in.)" |
| schema:description | "technique: album leaf; ink and light color on ivory silk" |
| schema:description | "creditline: Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom...(more)" |
