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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) Young girl dancing at a nobleman's mansion Woodblock print, signed Gakyojin Hokusai ga, privately issued circa 1802-4, framed and glazed Ebankiri surimono: 15 ? x 29 ? in. (40 x 75 cm.) (including frame)
A scene in a nobleman's mansion with a young girl performing by candlelight. A man is watching the performance seated to the left in front of a standing screen (tsuitate) decorated with a crane in flight near Mount Fuji and minogame on rocks beside pine trees and bamboo. An orchestra seated behind a bamboo curtain behind play various instruments and a group of women enjoy the performance from another room to the right partially concealed by bamboo curtains.
The same print is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession no. 21.7873) and the Chazen Museum of Art (accession no. 1980.2334).