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The Tanabata Festival (Tanabata matsuri)

The Tanabata Festival (Tanabata matsuri)

(Japanese, active about 1805–1848)
1803–18 (Bunka era)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock/stencil print (kappazuri); ink on paper, with stenciled color
DimensionsHosoban; 32.5 x 15.9 cm (12 13/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.752
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
Miyagiku of the Kyô Izutsuya as a Fashionable Female Ebisu (Fûryû onna Ebisu), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Miyagiku of the Kyô Izutsuya as a Fashionable Female Ebisu (Fûryû onna Ebisu), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1814 (Bunka 11)
Kogiku of the Mizuguchiya as a Naive Young Girl (Oboko musume), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Kogiku of the Mizuguchiya as a Naive Young Girl (Oboko musume), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1813 (Bunka 10)
Eiji of the Sakuraiya in Dance of the Gagaku Musician (Reijin mai), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Eiji of the Sakuraiya in Dance of the Gagaku Musician (Reijin mai), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1814 (Bunka 11)
Toku of the Minakuchiya as a Musician (Sakibayashi), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Toku of the Minakuchiya as a Musician (Sakibayashi), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1813 (Bunka 10)
Lots and Lots of Silver Coins (Kazu kazu gozaru gin koban)
Lots and Lots of Silver Coins (Kazu kazu gozaru gin koban)
Urakusai Nagahide
1803–18 (Bunka era)
Fashionable Eight Views of Ômi (Fûryû Ômi hakkei)
Fashionable Eight Views of Ômi (Fûryû Ômi hakkei)
Urakusai Nagahide
1820s (late Bunsei era)
Kikue of the Sakuraiya as a Birdcatcher (Torisashi), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi harai, nerimono sugata)
Kikue of the Sakuraiya as a Birdcatcher (Torisashi), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi harai, nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1813 (Bunka 10)
Satokichi of the Atarashiya as a Street Musician (Torioi sugata), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Satokichi of the Atarashiya as a Street Musician (Torioi sugata), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1813 (Bunka 10)
Koteru of the Yorozuya as a Musician (Sakibayashi), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Koteru of the Yorozuya as a Musician (Sakibayashi), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1813 (Bunka 10)
Kame of the Ômiya as a Seaweed Gatherer (Wakame tori), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi harai nerimono sugata)
Kame of the Ômiya as a Seaweed Gatherer (Wakame tori), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi harai nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1813 (Bunka 10)
Tetsu of the Ujiya as a Female Cormorant Fisher (Onna ukai), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Tetsu of the Ujiya as a Female Cormorant Fisher (Onna ukai), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1814 (Bunka 11)
Koichi of the Kyôya as the Echigo Lion (Echigo jishi) from Utaemons's Dance of Seven Changes (Utaemon nanabake), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi harai, nerimono sugata)
Koichi of the Kyôya as the Echigo Lion (Echigo jishi) from Utaemons's Dance of Seven Changes (Utaemon nanabake), from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi harai, nerimono sugata)
Urakusai Nagahide
1813 (Bunka 10)