Entertainment near the Cherry Blossoms

anonymous, 1675 - 1725

This folding screen depicts the world of entertainment in Japan, featuring a stage performance on the right and people dancing near cherry blossoms on the left. Below, an elderly man sits on a carpet, with a servant beside him. Seated next to him is a wakashu: an adolescent, but not yet mature, man involved in the world of entertainment. In this transitional phase, he could form relationships with both men and women.

  • Artwork typekamerscherm
  • Object numberAK-MAK-171
  • Dimensionsheight 138 cm x width 424 cm x depth 16 mm
  • Physical characteristicsink, paint, gold

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Entertainment near the Cherry Blossoms

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-171

  • Description

    Achtdelig kamerscherm met voorstellingen van dans en toneel bij de kersenbloesems. Op de keerzijde beschilderd met Herfstkleuren in Xiling

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: anonymous, Japan
    • painter: Itabashi Tsurao, Japan

  • Dating

    • 1675 - 1725
    • c. 1850

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ink, paint, gold

  • Dimensions

    height 138 cm x width 424 cm x depth 16 mm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Herman Karel Westendorp, 1931)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? collection dealer Felix Tikotin, Amsterdam or The Hague; …; collection Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam;{Note RMA.} from him, fl. 1,200, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1931;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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  • Entertainment near the Cherry Blossoms
  • Entertainment near the Cherry Blossoms