Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru

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Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru

Chōbunsai EishiLinkedCulture matchlcp-f799399dc8a2

Date
c. 1796–97
Medium
One of a pentaptych of color woodblock prints
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
103301

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Three women in traditional Japanese attire are seated on the floor, playing musical instruments.

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A pleasure boat named Kawaichimaru is filled with entertainers in this expansive scene. At the vessel’s right end, a young dancer waits as her costume’s hat is arranged. In the middle, a trio of musicians performs, two on drums and another on shamisen, a three-stringed instrument. Listening to them is an elegant woman smoking her pipe. At the left end, three women, one on a neighboring boat, enjoy a spectacular floral arrangement of pine, lily, and iris on a lacquer stand.

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Credit line
Gift from J. H. Wade
Provenance
Hayashi Tamdamasa | ?–1921: Carl William Schraubstadter [1862–1947] | February 11, 1921: (American Art Association, February 11, 1921 sale, lot 315) | 1921: (Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1921–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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