Spring Dancers (Manzai)
Miyagawa Chôshun · early to mid-1700s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Manzai is the Japanese term for wandering comic dancers. The painting depicts one of the traditional pleasures of the spring season. One performer is playing a hand-held drum, like CMA 1918.349.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0
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Details
- Maker
- Miyagawa Chōshun (Japanese, 1683–1753)
- Date
- early to mid-1700s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 84.1 x 31.4 cm (33 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
