Dancer with a Maple Branch
Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792)
About 1780-90
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; Ink, color, and gold on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 58.7 × 28.1 cm (23 1/8 × 11 1/16 in.); Overall with mount and knobs: 147.8 × 43.8 cm (58 3/16 × 17 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- Japan
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Frederick W. Gookin Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This woman is performing the Momijigari dance, which is done in autumn using branches of red maple as props. She has partially undone her outer robe to reveal one sleeve of the red garment she wears underneath. Red maple leaves can be found as a motif indicating autumn throughout painting and the decorative arts in Japan.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
