Bugaku dancer, ranryo-o

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Unno Shomin

  • Meiji period, 1890
  • copper, gold, silver, etc., carved metal and inlay
  • piece

Crafts – Metalworks

Important Cultural Property

This is an ornament depicting a figure dancing the Gagaku dance, "Ryo-o". It displays the various metalwork techniques such as gold and silver inlay and colored metals, etc. The dancer's face when the mask is removed and intricate patterns even on the hidden parts of the costume show the minute craft technique succeeded from the Edo period pursuing reality which is the feature of Meiji crafts.(「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.2」2003)

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Title/Name Bugaku dancer, ranryo-o
Other Title/
Name
Artist/
Creator
Unno Shomin
Period/Era Meiji period
Century
Quantity piece
Dimensions
Material/
Technique
copper silver gold chasing inlay
Signature/
Inscriptions
Accessories/
Contents
Country/
Origin
Excavation
Site
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Place
Ibaraki Tokyo
Provenance
Collection
No.
SZK000507
Category CraftsMetalworks
Cultural
Property
Designation
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Bugaku dancer, ranryo-o

Bugaku dancer, ranryo-o

This is an ornament depicting a figure dancing the Gagaku dance, "Ryo-o". It displays the various metalwork techniques such as gold and silver inlay and colored metals, etc. The dancer's face when the mask is removed and intricate patterns even on the hidden parts of the costume show the minute craft technique succeeded from the Edo period pursuing reality which is the feature of Meiji crafts.(「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.2」2003)