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Rain Clearing over a Summer’s Mountain

Seifū Yohei III, 1893–1914

34 cm × 1.22 m

About the size of a cafe table. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.22 m
Width: 34 cm
Medium: hanging scroll; ink on paper
Kind: Painting
Made in: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
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: Painting: 122.1 x 32.8 cm (48 1/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 33 cm × 1.22 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of James and Christine Heusinger

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

How big is it?: 34 cm × 1.22 m. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1893–1914. 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 James and Christine Heusinger.
How was it made?: Hanging scroll; ink on paper, made in Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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