Performing Beneath the Flowers
late 1600s–early 1700s
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- 123.7 × 43.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-1305013
The activity of viewing cherry blossoms is known in Japan as o-hanami, literally “viewing flowers.” Beyond reveling in the spring scene, people also enjoy games and entertainment. In this painting, a beautiful young man strumming a shamisen is brought together with an older blind monk playing what is likely a biwa under the boughs of a cherry in full bloom.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Ellen and Bruce Mavec, 2026.44
Registry history
- late 1600s–early 1700s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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