The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Wisteria Maiden (Fuji Musume)
1615–99
(1615-1868)
With mount: 154.9 x 28.9 cm (61 x 11 3/8 in.); Painting only: 71 x 25.2 cm (27 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Anonymous Gift 1963.96
Location: not on view
Description
The wisteria maiden is an otsu-e subject thought to have been inspired by popular dances. Paintings such as this were often sold as good-luck charms for marriages.- 1963-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, January 1963-present
- Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1963.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 50, no. 10, 1963, pp. 263–294. Mentioned: cat. no. 69, p. 292 www.jstor.orgHauge, Victor, and Takako Hauge. Folk Traditions in Japanese Art. Washington: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1978. Reproduced: cat. no. 24, pp. 58, 230-231
- Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).Folk Traditions in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 20-October 29, 1978); Japan House Gallery, New York (November 14, 1978-January 7, 1979); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, (January 26-March 11, 1979).Folk Art of Old Japan. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (May 6-July 2, 1965).Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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