Ablution Scene (Misogi)
Tawaraya Sōri
1770–1799
- Medium
- hanging scroll, ink, color and gold leaf on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 23.4 x 109.4 cm (9 3/16 x 43 1/16 in.); Overall: 110 x 122.8 cm (43 5/16 x 48 3/8 in.); with knobs: 110 x 128.2 cm (43 5/16 x 50 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Paintings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
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.
