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Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)
Torii Kiyonaga1784
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)
- Creator: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815)
- Date Created: 1784
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Henri Vever [1854–1942], France, (Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, UK, March 24, 1977, part III, lot 140), (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.330
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Inscriptions: Signature: Kiyonaga ga, Collector's seal: Vever
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1985.330
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