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Waves
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About this work
Nakamura Hōchū painted waves on this handheld fan to bring coolness to the mind of its bearer. While fragile paper fans are often used for a single season, this one was cherished for its design. Someone carefully removed it from its folding apparatus and converted it into a hanging scroll for occasional enjoyment in an alcove.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWaves (波図扇面), late 1700s-early 1800s. Nakamura Hōchū (Japanese, d. 1819). Fan painting mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color with gold on paper; image: 39.8 x 53 cm (15 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.); overall: 126.4 x 61.3 cm (49 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.90
