Drum and Keiro, A Kind of Musical Instrument Used for the Bugaku Dance, 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (22.4 x 10 cm), Prints, Takashima Chiharu (Japanese, 1777–1859) (?), 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
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Drum, Keiro, Kind, Musical Instrument, Bugaku Dance, 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, surimono, ink, color, paper, 8 13/16 x 3 15/16, 22.4 10 cm, Prints, Takashima Chiharu, Japanese, 1777–1859, design, sumptuous, commissioned, poetry clubs, flourished, urban society, early-nineteenth-century Edo, uses, accoutrements, performance, auspicious imagery, New Year, greeting
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