Preparation for the Jomi Festival
Artist
Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川 豊広
(Japanese, 1773–1828)
Publisherpublished by
Kansendō 甘泉堂
(Japanese)
Dateabout 1799
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions36 x 72.4 cm (14 3/16 x 28 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.140
DescriptionJomi, sometimes called "the doll festival" or "girls' day", falls on the 3rd day of the 3rd month of the lunar calendar in use in old Japan. Ceremonial dolls,called hina, were bround forth and set out on a shelf called the hina-dani. In this print Toyohiro has given a mitate-e or likening picture of a scene in the mansion of a noble, wher the lady of the house is seated in a room beside a windo of the peculiar shape known as Genji window,On View
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