Dance in Art

Tanabata Dance

Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese, 1664-1729

Medium:

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e

Collection:

Arts of Asia

Source:

aic

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

Tanabata Dance, by Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese, 1664-1729, is a public-domain woodblock print; sumizuri-e in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.