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Aoki Mokubei · late 1700s–early 1800s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Slopes and swirling clouds create an otherworldly setting in this painting of Chinese children enjoying different types of play. One child balances on poles held by two adults as the group approaches a stone staircase. On the next tier, two children admire a white rabbit while a crane swoops down toward them. Still further up, two children watch as an adult flies a kite for their amusement outside a splendid residence. Although he painted, Aoki Mokubei is better known as an important Kyoto ceramist of his era.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0
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- Maker
- Aoki Mokubei (Japanese, 1767–1833)
- Date
- late 1700s–early 1800s
- Medium
- leaf from a pair of folding albums; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions
- Leaf: 27.7 x 19.7 cm (10 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- 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
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
