id:			152424
accession number:	1985.252
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.252
updated:		2022-11-23 10:01:21.242000

Spring Dancers (Manzai), early to mid-1700s. Miyagawa Chōshun (Japanese, 1683–1753). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting only: 84.1 x 31.4 cm (33 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.252

title:				Spring Dancers (Manzai)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			early to mid-1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1753
current location:		
creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
copyright:			

---

culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

* Miyagawa Chōshun (Japanese, 1683–1753)  - artist

---

measurements: Painting only: 84.1 x 31.4 cm (33 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	artist's signature and seal lower right corner.
	translation:	
	remark:		

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	(Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1985
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985–
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact: 


digital description: 


wall description: 
Manzai is the Japanese term for wandering comic dancers. The painting depicts one of the traditional pleasures of the spring season.
---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.252/1985.252_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.252/1985.252_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.252/1985.252_full.tif