Cortigiana Michitose 三千歳 e kamuro Chiyono ちよの e Momoshi もゝし sotto un ciliegio in fiore - ca 1825 - Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) - 日本 - Edo Period (1600-1868)
编号 83751577
The Five Festivals The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi, 五節句乃内) - Star Festival (Tanabata) - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - 日本 - Edo Period (1600-1868)
编号 83751577
The Five Festivals The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi, 五節句乃内) - Star Festival (Tanabata) - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - 日本 - Edo Period (1600-1868)
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