File:Painting, hanging scroll (BM 1946,0209,0.48 11).jpg
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[edit]painting, hanging scroll
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Title |
painting, hanging scroll |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: Painting, hanging scroll. Skeletons dancing; one skeleton seated and playing shamisen beneath broken paper; other skeletons, some with bamboo swords at their sides, others with towels bound around their foreheads, enjoying music and dancing. Ink and colour on silk. Signed and sealed. |
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Date |
between 1871 and 1889 date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1871-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
silk medium QS:P186,Q37681 |
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Dimensions |
Height: 213.50 centimetres (mount)
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Asia |
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Accession number |
1946,0209,0.48 |
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Notes |
Hizo Nihon bijutsu taikan Vol 3 Kawanabe Kyosai's (1831-89) artistic talent had an astonishing range, extending from orthodox pictures founded in the Kano style to humorous and satirical pictures, full of wit, in the manner of ukiyo-e artist Kuniyoshi. The present work is a lighthearted play on the skeleton theme that occurs in so many of his works. Beneath a broken paper lantern, to the stylish strumming of a samisen, a skeleton wearing a cotton towel on its head like a low-class prostitute holds the bare ribs of an open fan to its mouth to conceal a laugh. Prompted by the music of the same samisen, other skeletons, some with bamboo swords at their sides, others with towels bound around their foreheads, join in a wild dance. Such themes, found also in his 'Kyosai manga', published in 1881, are a speciality of this artist. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1946-0209-0-48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Image title | 1946.2-9.048 Dancing Skeletons , a hanging scroll painting JA |
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Headline | 1946.2-9.048 |
JPEG file comment | 1946.2-9.048 Dancing Skeletons , a hanging scroll painting JA |
IIM version | 2 |
Writer | 1946.2-9.048 |