Courtier Playing a Flute to Accompany a Bugaku Dance
Kubo Shunman Japanese
Not on view
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. It evokes an aura of courtly romance in classic literature.
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