舞楽|Courtier Playing a Flute to Accompany a Bugaku Dance
probably 1810
Medium
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (14 x 20.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
JP2340
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the refined world of Edo-period Japan (1615–8), Kubo Shunman captures a moment of elegant courtly performance in *Courtier Playing a Flute tocompany a Bugaku Dance likely created around 1810.man, a versatile ukiyo-e artist poet active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, specialized in surimono—privately commissioned woodblock prints produced for poetry societies or New Year's celebrations. This intimate scene depicts a courtier skillfully playing a flute to support a bugaku dance, a stately ritual performance rooted in ancient gagaku music traditions imported from China and Korea dur...
About the Artist
Kubo Shunman · 1757–1820
Japanese, 1757–1820