舞楽|Courtier Playing a Flute to Accompany a Bugaku Dance

Kubo Shunman

probably 1810 · Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

The design of this surimono, a sumptuous print, commissioned by one of the poetry clubs that flourished in the urban society of early-nineteenth-century Edo, uses the accoutrements of a Bugaku performance as auspicious imagery for a New Year's greeting. It evokes an aura of courtly romance in classic literature.

Artist

Kubo Shunman

Date

probably 1810

Medium

Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

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