Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru (c. 1796–97): Art, History and Details

Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru (c. 1796–97) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

A pleasure boat named Kawaichimaru is filled with entertainers in this expansive scene. At the vessel’s right end, a young dancer waits as her costume’s hat is arranged. In the middle, a trio of musicians performs, two on drums and another on shamisen, a three-stringed instrument. Listening to them is an elegant woman smoking her pipe. At the left end, three women, one on a neighboring boat, enjoy a spectacular floral arrangement of pine, lily, and iris on a lacquer stand.

Object facts

• Title: Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru
• Date: c. 1796–97
• Creator attribution: Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Print
• Technique: One of a pentaptych of color woodblock prints
• Dimensions: Sheet: 38.4 x 24.2 cm (15 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1921.364.e

Collection credit

Gift from J. H. Wade

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