Young Man Playing a Shoulder Drum

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Young Man Playing a Shoulder Drum

Kawamata Tsunemasa

Date
c. 1740s
Medium
Hanging scroll (nikuhitsu), ink, color, and gofun on silk
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Painting beautiful women and men in a gentle and elegant style was the forte of Kawamata Tsunemasa, whose life is largely unknown to us. He is believed to have been a student of Kawamata Tsuneyuki (born 1677) but it is not even clear in which city he was active, Edo (today’s Tokyo) or Kyoto. Japan, Asia

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