Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru
Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
c. 1796–97
Medium
One of a pentaptych of color woodblock prints
Dimensions
38.4 × 24.1 cm
Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift from J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1921.364.c
Tags
male
About this artwork
A pleasure boat named Kawaichimaru is filled with entertainers in this expansive scene. At the vessel’s right end, a young dancer waits as her costume’s hat is arranged. In the middle, a trio of musicians performs, two on drums and another on shamisen, a three-stringed instrument. Listening to them is an elegant woman smoking her pipe. At the left end, three women, one on a neighboring boat, enjoy a spectacular floral arrangement of pine, lily, and iris on a lacquer stand.