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Koto from the series The Six Arts in Fashionable Guise
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Chinese classical education consisted of the Six Arts: performing rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. The Chinese qin, a stringed musical instrument in the zither family, customarily symbolizes the art of music. In this print a similar Japanese instrument, the koto, replaces the qin. The fashionable Japanese entertainer playing it stands in for an accomplished Chinese scholar.
| Artist / Maker | Chōbunsai Eishi |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1793–96 |
| Culture / Origin | Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) |
| Medium | Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.) |
| Department | Japanese Art |
| Type |
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Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829) Full biography →
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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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