Manzai Performers

Kengetsudō Japanese

ca. 1720s–30s

Not on view

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軒月堂筆万歳図
Title: Manzai Performers
Artist: Kengetsudō (Japanese, active 18th century)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1720s–30s
Culture: Japan
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 41 7/8 × 18 3/8 in. (106.4 × 46.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 65 7/8 × 23 3/16 in. (167.3 × 58.9 cm)
Overall with knobs: 65 7/8 × 25 3/8 in. (167.3 × 64.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Object Number: 2015.300.124
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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