Minneapolis Institute of Art

Scenes from Kyōgen Theater [left of a pair]

Fukushima Chikaharu

Date: mid 19th century
Medium: Six-panel folding screen, one of a pair, ink, color, and silver foil on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

In this pair of screens, Kyōgen actors perform two comic plays. The left screen depicts a scene from Fuku no kami (“God of Good Luck”) during which the god, shown in red at the left, descends to earth for a night of frolicking at New Year's. The right screen portrays a scene from the skit Suehirogari (“The Fan of Felicity”), in which the young country bumpkin and servant Tarō-kaja, shown at the left, holds the umbrella he has been tricked into buying instead of the fan his master requested. The four men in a row provide the musical accompaniment of drums. Japan, Asia

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