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Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)

1784

Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居 清長

(Japanese, 1752–1815)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.330
Public Domain
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Description

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).

Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)

1784

Torii Kiyonaga

(Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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