Entertainment Scene
Miyagawa Chôshun · c. 1710–53 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This painting captures the moment when a high-ranking courtesan accompanied by two trainees makes her grand entrance into a salon. The guest of honor, a samurai who reclines beneath a striped robe while dangling his fan, turns from the musical entertainment to gaze at the spectacle of her arrival. The fortunes of everyone in the room depend on how she orchestrates the rest of the evening, as the more the samurai spends on her services, the more trickles down to the other entertainers who are present.
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Details
- Maker
- Miyagawa Chōshun (Japanese, 1683–1753)
- Date
- c. 1710–53
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 56.4 x 135.5 cm (22 3/16 x 53 3/8 in.); Overall: 175 x 144.7 cm (68 7/8 x 56 15/16 in.); with knobs: 175 x 154.9 cm (68 7/8 x 61 in.)
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
