Drum and Keiro, A Kind of Musical Instrument Used for the Bugaku Dance

Takashima Chiharu Japanese

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The design of this surimono, a sumptuous print commissioned by one of the poetry clubs that flourished in the urban society of early-nineteenth-century Edo, uses the accoutrements of a Bugaku performance as auspicious imagery for a New Year's greeting.

Drum and Keiro, A Kind of Musical Instrument Used for the Bugaku Dance, Takashima Chiharu (Japanese, 1777–1859) (?), Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan

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