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Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)
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Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815), artist · 1784 · color woodblock print

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Dancing plays a significant role in festival celebrations and special occasions. The young girl is dancing on a pair of bivalve shells (also used as game pieces in other amusements), accompanied by the music of the samisen (3-stringed guitar).

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Credit lineWomen Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses), 1784. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.330
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