The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Spring Dancers (Manzai)
early to mid-1700s
(Japanese, 1683–1753)
Painting only: 84.1 x 31.4 cm (33 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Manzai is the Japanese term for wandering comic dancers. The painting depicts one of the traditional pleasures of the spring season.- (Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)?–1985The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art1985–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
- {{cite web|title=Spring Dancers (Manzai)|url=false|author=Miyagawa Chōshun|year=early to mid-1700s|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.252