Catalog record · 目録番号 60650

The Boys Festival- Tango

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Chikanobu楊洲周延
Date / 年代: 1885
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / jaodb
Digital image / 画像: 1200 × 622 px
Published by / 公開者: 青木ソラ

Catalog note / 解説

Wednesday, 18 October 2006 Triptych: The Boys' Festival Artist: Chikanobu Format: Oban Triptych: each sheet: 14.5" x 9.75" Subject: An unusual Chikanobu triptych showing a giant paper Carp (a mark of the chonin city), used by commoners for the Boys' festival as a symbol of the military fukinagashi which they were prohibited from flying; above a group of boys being supervised in ritual combat. A representation of Shoki quelling a demon, on a flag stand bottom left. Date: 1885 Condition: Full size with large margins. Minor marks and flaws. Generally fine state. Colour: Fine Impression: Fine with applied lacquer and burnishing Estimated Value: ｣350 - ｣450

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1885 · jaodb

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