Description
The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV plays the drum in a role as a manzai singer while a child performs the harugoma (spring pony) dance with a hand puppet.
Provenance
C. R. Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques Shop, Timonium, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Carolyn Smith, 1990, by purchase [from C. R. Snell]; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by gift.
