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Ablution Scene (Misogi)

Ablution Scene (Misogi) by Tawaraya Sōri (Japanese, active late 1700s)

Medium

hanging scroll, ink, color and gold leaf on paper

Dimensions

110 × 122.8 cm · image: 23.4 × 109.4 cm

Classification

Painting

Department

Japanese Art

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Credit

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund

Accession Number

1985.29

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

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About this artwork

Three clues to this composition’s original format—a pair of doors to a cabinet shelf—are the two circles at either end, the seam down the center, and the size of the image.

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