Description
This painting depicts humanlike figures with antennae engaged in a festival procession. They transport a gourd like a float, with two teams pulling ropes in front, and others maneuvering it with poles from behind. They are accompanied by flutes and drums, urged on by a dancer holding a fan and a branch. The inscription is attributed to the monk-painter Motsurin Jōtō (Bokusai), well known in Japan as a disciple of Ikkyū Sōjun and an accomplished portrait artist.
Provenance
(Heisando Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1988); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1988-present (1988–)
Accession Number
1988.16
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.7 x 45 cm (12 1/16 x 17 11/16 in.); Overall: 122.5 x 55.9 cm (48 1/4 x 22 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
