Spring Dancers (Manzai)

Miyagawa Chōshunearly to mid-1700s

Manzai is the Japanese term for wandering comic dancers. The painting depicts one of the traditional pleasures of the spring season.

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Title: Spring Dancers (Manzai)
Creator: Miyagawa Chōshun (Japanese, 1683-1753)
Date Created: early to mid-1700s
Physical Dimensions: Painting only: 84.1 x 31.4 cm (33 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Provenance: (Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.252
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Inscriptions: artist's signature and seal lower right corner.
Department: Japanese Art
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Accession Number: 1985.252

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