Object Details
- Artist
- Konishi Kosui (born 1856)
- Label
- Each of the cheerful women in this picture is engaged in an everyday task or leisure activity, such as the preparation of food or the performance of music and dance. Their plump figures and faces, most of which have exaggerated foreheads, resemble the Japanese popular deity of prosperity and mirth known variously as Uzume, Otafuku, or Okame. The name Uzume is abbreviated from Ame no Uzume no Mikoto who is said to have been the deity who performed a dance to lure the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami out of her cave. Masks shaped with her distinctive features were used for comic dances.
- The theme of this picture was inspired by a literal reading of the name Otafuku, meaning "many fortunes," or "abundant luck." Here the artist multiplies the images of the happy and fortunate goddess one hundred times to create a highly entertaining scene full of activity and humor.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)
- Japanese Art of the Meiji Era (September 20, 1997 to April 26, 1998)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — funds provided by the bequest of Edith Ehrman
- late 19th century
- Period
- Meiji era
- Accession Number
- F1976.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 60 x 104.8 cm (23 5/8 x 41 1/4 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- drum
- koto
- work
- shamisen
- Japan
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1976.42
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d12ff218-d136-4995-be92-f5b25de6c71f
