Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Dancing (Odori)
1909
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1909
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting shows a woman dancing. She's dressed in a traditional Japanese outfit. The artist made many drawings before creating this final piece, and those drawings were looser than the finished work. The drawings were done on tracing paper with ink and color. This tells us the artist liked to plan and sketch before finalizing a piece. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of Kamisaka Sekka.
