Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)
Torii Kiyonaga
1784
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
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).
