Men dancing to samisen music, from the series Shokoku meibutsu (Famous products of the provinces)

About this item

Title

Men dancing to samisen music, from the series Shokoku meibutsu (Famous products of the provinces)

Content partner

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This Japanese woodblock print is an attractive example of a surimono. These limited-edition, privately commissioned works are finely crafted; smaller than an ōban, they often combine verse and image in complementary arrangement. The riotous scene here depicts two dishevelled men reeling drunkenly around a sedate geisha. Toyota Hokkei’s (1780-1850) Men dancing to samisen music captures the spirit of the male world of Edokko (Edo period) hedonism as it emerged in the course of the early 19th ce...

Read more

Format

Image

Date created

1890-1895

Creator

Totoya Hokkei

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1527892

Related subjects

Dancers / Musical instruments / musicians / Candles / Hourglasses / Women / Geishas / Japanese / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / surimono / works on paper / woodcut / embossing / Tokyo / Late Edo / Meiji / Akashi

What is the copyright status of this item?

Share, Modify, Use commercially

See below for specifics about how you may use this item.

More Information

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa has this to say about the rights status of this item:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

Share it

This item is suitable for copying and sharing with others, without further permission.

Modify it

This item is suitable for modifying, remixing and building upon, without further permission.

Use it commercially

This item is suitable for commercial use, without further permission.