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Entertainment Scene, Miyagawa Chōshun, c. 1710–53
Miyagawa Chôshun, portraitMiyagawa ChôshunJapanese, 1683–1753

Entertainment Scene

c. 1710–53 · Painting

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Where is “Entertainment Scene” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

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About the painting

This painting captures the moment when a high-ranking courtesan accompanied by two trainees makes her grand entrance into a salon. The guest of honor, a samurai who reclines beneath a striped robe while dangling his fan, turns from the musical entertainment to gaze at the spectacle of her arrival. The fortunes of everyone in the room depend on how she orchestrates the rest of the evening, as the more the samurai spends on her services, the more trickles down to the other entertainers who are present.

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1985.17

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PaintingsInkJapanese paintingBaroque18th centuryJapan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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