A pair of six-fold paper screens painted in ink and colour on a gold and buff ground.
The right hand screen shows a river-side tea house with numerous male figures enjoying such pleasures as smoking, music and games of Sugoroku (Japanese backgammon). The season is spring and several dancers, one holding a sprig of cherry blossom, perform on the river banks.
The left hand screen shows the entrance to 'yujo kabuki' or 'prostitute kabuki' with patrons paying the gatekeeper as they enter the riverside theatre. The audience, seated on red mats, are enjoying a performance of Okuni Kabuki on a raised stage.
Seal: Hiyashi
Japan, 18th century, Edo period.
Screens
A two-fold screen with the Uji River and its bridge
An eight-fold screen depicting flowers of the four seasons
A six-fold screen with a cherry tree
A two-fold screen with a river landscape
A six-fold screen with a covey of uzura and chicks
A six-fold screen with grape vines
A two-fold screen with chrysanthemums
A pair of six-fold paper screens with the Plains at Musashino
A pair of four-fold screens with kuri flowers
A two-fold screen with court ladies
Four fusuma by Nagasawa Rosetsu
A six-fold screen with autumn flowers and grasses
A six-fold paper screen with poem slips
A pair of six-fold screens with scattered fans
A paper screen with the Uji river and its bridge
A pair of six-fold screens with poem slips from the 17th century
A two-fold lacquer screen with a persimmon tree
A six-fold paper screen with the Plains at Musashino
