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Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru

Eishic. 1796–97

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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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  • Title: Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru
  • Creator: Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
  • Date Created: c. 1796–97
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 38.4 x 24.2 cm (15 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
  • Provenance: Hayashi Tamdamasa, Carl William Schraubstadter [1862–1947], (American Art Association, February 11, 1921 sale, lot 315), (Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.364
  • Medium: Pentaptych of woodblock prints
  • Original Title: 川一丸船遊び
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: Gift from J. H. Wade
  • Collection: Japanese Art
  • Accession Number: 1921.364
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