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Paulownias and Chrysanthemums

Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s

1.57 m × 1.58 m

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.58 m
Width: 1.57 m
Medium: Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper
Kind: Painting
Made in: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 157.5 x 158.5 cm (62 x 62 3/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.58 m × 1.57 m. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 1.57 m × 1.58 m. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made early 1800s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection.
How was it made?: Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilded paper, made in Japan, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Edo period (1615–1868).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.