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No. 83751577

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The Five Festivals The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi, 五節句乃内) - Star Festival (Tanabata) - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
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The Five Festivals The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi, 五節句乃内) - Star Festival (Tanabata) - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Giovanni Bottero

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This rare series shows beautiful women with insets depicting one of the five festivals. The five festivals are Jinjitsu (January 7) Feast of the Seven Herbs or Mankind’s Day; Johshi (March 3) Doll Festival or Girls’ Day; Tango (May 5) Boys’ Day; Tanabata (July 7) Star Festival or Seventh Night; and Choyo (September 9) the Chrysanthemum Festival. This print is the fifth festival: Tanabata (star festival, いやおひ月) Publisher: Ezaki-ya Kichibei Signed by artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861) Date/period: 1840 Condition: Good color impression and condition, traces of aging, not backed

No. 83751577

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The Five Festivals The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi, 五節句乃内) - Star Festival (Tanabata) - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

The Five Festivals The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi, 五節句乃内) - Star Festival (Tanabata) - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

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This rare series shows beautiful women with insets depicting one of the five festivals.

The five festivals are Jinjitsu (January 7) Feast of the Seven Herbs or Mankind’s Day; Johshi (March 3) Doll Festival or Girls’ Day; Tango (May 5) Boys’ Day; Tanabata (July 7) Star Festival or Seventh Night; and Choyo (September 9) the Chrysanthemum Festival.

This print is the fifth festival: Tanabata (star festival, いやおひ月)

Publisher: Ezaki-ya Kichibei

Signed by artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861)
Date/period: 1840

Condition: Good color impression and condition, traces of aging, not backed

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