Flowery Tonal Notes

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Artist Toyohara Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912)

Culture Japanese

Title Flowery Tonal Notes (Hana no shikichô no hitofushi)

Date 1881

Medium Color woodblock print on paper

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Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 75.96.20

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The emperor, empress, and five court ladies at right observe a traditional shirabyōshi dancer. While the imperial couple sits in chairs at a table, their attendants kneel on the carpeted veranda

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