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A Japanese woman in a bent dance pose gracefully thrusts forward a long white peony stem.

The woman’s left arm is raised as she points the flower stem, her right foot is raised up forward. She faces left, her right arm is hand on hip behind her back creating a diagonal movement. Her face is fair, no makeup, long straight red hair flows from a full bloom peony-flowered cap. She’s wearing several layers of kimono of various patterns, shades of pinks and greens that flow and accentuate her movement. There’s Japanese text, seals, and artist signature in the upper right corner and lower left. The background is an undescribed warm tone.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2358
People
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Japanese (1762 - 1819)
Title
Shakkyō Dance, from the series Patterns for Collage Pictures (Oshi-e-gata)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Shakkyō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1792–94
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207379

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
ōban: H. 37.8 × W. 24.2 cm (14 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Shun'ei ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.2358
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Narazaki Muneshige, Ukiyo-e shuka [Collection of the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints in Museums] Volume 8: Foggu Bijutsukan [Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University], Neruson Bijutsukan [Nelson Atkins Museum]..., Shogaku-kan (Tokyo, Japan, 1980 [Showa 55]), Color Plate 023; pp. 54-55

Exhibition History

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