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painting, hanging scroll
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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.
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
Medium silk
medium QS:P186,Q37681
Dimensions

Height: 213.50 centimetres (mount)

Height: 135.60 centimetres
Width: 88.20 centimetres (mount)
Width: 66 centimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Asia
Accession number
1946,0209,0.48
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.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1946-0209-0-48
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