Cleveland Museum of Art
Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)
Torii Kiyonaga
- Date
- 1784
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Dancing plays a significant role in festival celebrations and special occasions. The young girl is dancing on a pair of bivalve shells (also used as game pieces in other amusements), accompanied by the music of the samisen (3-stringed guitar).
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