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Entertainment Scene

遊宴図

c. 1710–53

Miyagawa Chōshun 宮川 長春

(Japanese, 1683–1753)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Measurements
Image: 56.4 x 135.5 cm (22 3/16 x 53 3/8 in.); Overall: 175 x 144.7 cm (68 7/8 x 56 15/16 in.); with knobs: 175 x 154.9 cm (68 7/8 x 61 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1985.17
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This painting captures the moment when a high-ranking courtesan accompanied by two trainees makes her grand entrance into a salon. The guest of honor, a samurai who reclines beneath a striped robe while dangling his fan, turns from the musical entertainment to gaze at the spectacle of her arrival. The fortunes of everyone in the room depend on how she orchestrates the rest of the evening, as the more the samurai spends on her services, the more trickles down to the other entertainers who are present.
A horizontally oriented painting on silk depicts ten figures with light skin tones wearing vibrant, patterned robes against a tan background. On the left, a figure plays a stringed instrument while two others watch. Centrally, two figures recline near a seated woman and a child facing away. To the right, three figures stand, including one in a blue floral robe. Red, blue, and green patterns decorate their layered garments.

Entertainment Scene

c. 1710–53

Miyagawa Chōshun

(Japanese, 1683–1753)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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