Shishimai (Lion Dance) Under Red Plum Blossoms (Pair with Monkey Dance, #1987/1.263.2) / Artist Unknown, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 1987/1.363.1
- Title
- Shishimai (Lion Dance) Under Red Plum Blossoms (Pair with Monkey Dance, #1987/1.263.2)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- one of a pair of 6-fold screens, ink, color, and gold pigment on paper
- Object Creation Date
- late 1730s - early 1740s
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- ukiyo-e/genre
- Dimensions
- 66.04 cm x 221 cm (26 in. x 87 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- screen
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- figures on landscape
- Physical Description
- 6-fold screen decorated with ink, color and gold pigment on paper. This screen is a part of a pair. It's partner depicts a monkey dance.
- Subject Matter
- Street performance has a long and rich history in Japan. Monkey dances were associated with New Year’s festivities and in samurai households they were commissioned as rituals to protect horses from harm. Over the course of the Edo period, this form of entertainment became more secularized as itinerant performers plied their trade.
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- people and culture
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- people in the arts
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- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- performing arts
- settlements and landscapes
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1480 x 766
- File Size
- 140 KB
- Record
- 1987/1.363.1
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"Shishimai (Lion Dance) Under Red Plum Blossoms (Pair with Monkey Dance, #1987/1.263.2); Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.363.1/1987_1.363.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
