# Dancer with a Maple Branch

- By: Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/35686)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/8144c5d4-a715-a3c8-36ad-aaecde69ad80/full/!1002,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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