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Bugaku Dancer

Kamisaka Sekka, c. 1890–1942

63 cm × 1.91 m

Almost as tall as a doorway. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.91 m
Width: 63 cm
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Kind: Painting
Made in: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Shōwa period (1926–89)
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: 190.8 x 52.1 cm (75 1/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 52 cm × 1.91 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Hosomi

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

How big is it?: 63 cm × 1.91 m. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1890–1942. 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: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Hosomi.
How was it made?: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, made in Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Shōwa period (1926–89), Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) to Shōwa period (1926–89).
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.