Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)

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Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)

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Date
1784
Medium
color woodblock print
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
152510

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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The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Provenance
?-1942: Henri Vever [1854–1942], France | March 24, 1977: (Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, UK, March 24, 1977, part III, lot 140) | 1977-?: (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) | ?-1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1985-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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