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Young Female Dancer on a Stage

Young Female Dancer on a Stage

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Date1764–72
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHashira-e; overall: 27 9/16 × 4 3/4 in. (70 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
Object number1950.297
Status
Not on view
More Information
On a stage featuring a huge rising sun painted in the background, a young female dancer wears an eboshi court cap. This type of dancing may have been the precursor to a later New Year’s type of door-to-door performance or street entertainment known as manzai, but it is difficult to tell. The depiction of the female dancer here reflects the very popular style of Harunobu, which other print designers copied and continued after his sudden death in 1770.
Exhibition History
A Life in Prints: Mary A. Ainsworth and the Floating World
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2015 - June 7, 2015 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 2020 - December 6, 2020 )
Collections
  • Asian
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