Scenes from Ky?gen Theater left of a pair, mid 19th century, Fukushima Chikaharu, Japanese, 1811 - 1882, 63 1/2 ¡Ñ 137 1/2 in. (161.29 ¡Ñ 349.25 cm) (image)65 ¡Ñ 139 ¡Ñ 3/4 in. (165.1 ¡Ñ 353.06 ¡Ñ 1.91 cm) (outer frame), Ink, color, and silver foil on paper, Japan, 19th century, In this pair of screens, Ky?gen actors perform two comic plays. The left screen depicts a scene from Fuku no kami ('God of Good Luck') during which the god, shown in red at the left, descends to earth for a night of frolicking at New Year's. The right screen portrays a scene from the skit Suehirogari ('The Fan of Felicity'), in which the young country bumpkin and servant Tar?-kaja, shown at the left, holds the umbrella he has been tricked into buying instead of the fan his master requested. The four men in a row provide the musical accompaniment of drums.

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