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Horse Stable
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Horse Stable

early 1500s · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Prized horses in stables may be the main theme of this pair of screens, but a lot of action is happening on the verandas. Falconry is the focus of one of the screens, while in the other, people challenge one another at two different boardgames, go and shōgi . A lively atmosphere develops in the interplay of the dynamic horses, the birds of prey, and the strategic games.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineHorse Stable (厩図屏風), early 1500s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper; painting: 146 x 349.6 cm (57 1/2 x 137 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1934.373
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