# Spring Dancers (Manzai)

- By: Miyagawa Chōshun (Japanese, 1683–1753)
- Date: early to mid-1700s
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting only: 84.1 x 31.4 cm (33 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.252)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1985.252/1985.252_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Manzai is the Japanese term for wandering comic dancers. The painting depicts one of the traditional pleasures of the spring season.