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Ablution Scene (Misogi), late 1700s. hanging scroll, ink, color and gold leaf on paper.
hanging scroll, ink, color and gold leaf on paper · Image: 23.4 x 109.4 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Ablution Scene (Misogi)
- Artist
- Tawaraya Sōri (Japanese, active late 1700s)
- Date
- late 1700s
- 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.)
- Credit line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.