舞姫図・紅葉蒔絵衝立|Freestanding Screen with Dancer

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17th century · Ink, color, and gold on gilt paper, mounted on a lacquered screen · Asian Art

The bold designs of the dancer’s robe accentuate her striking presence and fluid movements, while the more delicate outlines of her hands and face convey the emotional nuances of her art. The painting, which may have once been part of a larger composition, is mounted on a nineteenth-century freestanding screen (tsuitate), the frame and lower panel of which are decorated with “sprinkled picture” (maki-e) on “pear skin” (nashiji) ground.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th century

Medium

Ink, color, and gold on gilt paper, mounted on a lacquered screen

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929