# Performing Beneath the Flowers

- By: Tamura Suio (Japanese, active late 1600s–early 1700s)
- Date: late 1600s–early 1700s
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 45.7 x 26.3 cm (18 x 10 3/8 in.); Mounted: 121.2 x 38.2 cm (47 11/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Ellen and Bruce Mavec
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2026.44)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2026.44/2026.44_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The activity of viewing cherry blossoms is known in Japan as o-hanami, literally “viewing flowers.” Beyond reveling in the spring scene, people also enjoy games and entertainment. In this painting, a beautiful young man strumming a shamisen is brought together with an older blind monk playing what is likely a biwa under the boughs of a cherry in full bloom.