{"product_id":"court-painting-dancers-performing-the-bugaku-dance-accompanied-by-a-drummer-circa-1800-1900","title":"Court Painting, Dancers performing the Bugaku Dance(?), accompanied by a Drummer, Circa 1800-1900","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e Court Painting, Dancers performing the Bugaku Dance(?), accompanied by a Drummer, Circa 1800-1900\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Fair\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eA large, Late Edo to Meiji Period handscroll painting, depicting a court scene with dancers performing what looks to be the Bugaku Dance, accompanied by a drummer. A Japanese traditional dance that has been performed to select elites, Bugaku has existed in the Japanese imperial court, for over twelve hundred years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eThe painting has been produced in the style of a Nara Ehon or Yamato-E painting, with gold leaf clouds and bright, popping colors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eDuring the Edo Period, and with the prevalence and popularity of Nara Ehon books, many artists would produce fan paintings and pieces for folding screens, often covering Heian Period tales and events, with many being assembled to tell entire stories on folding screens or albums, such as the Heike Monogatari, or Genji Monogatari, and others.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eOne illuminated handscroll painting, 117 x 39 cm\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eThis painting is in fair shape, with creases and cracking to the painting, and some wear as well, with one of the dancer’s faces worn away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634713887031,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/20260106_180506.jpg?v=1769961048","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/court-painting-dancers-performing-the-bugaku-dance-accompanied-by-a-drummer-circa-1800-1900","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}