Dancer

Data

Dancer
Print   (Part of the set: Akashi-ban Surimono)

Ōishi Matora
Unknown
1890s

00036-025
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Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

This is another print by Matora of an older, Edo period painting. In this particular print we see a shirabyōshi (a female entertainer or dancer). According to "The Private World of Surimono" by Sadako Ohki, the performer is dancing as the waka poet Ariwara no Narihira (825-880).

Metallic pigments, now a little dulled, have been used in many places on the dancer's costume, and the patterned karazuri blind-embossing is another highlight. The red section of the kimono appears to be decorated with picture frames, a cryptic choice of pattern.

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