Three Girls Dancing the Bon Odori-double-page illustration (sheets 11-12) from volume II of the book Ehon Tokiwa-gusa (Picture Book of Evergreens)
Artist/Culture
Nishikawa Sukenobu
(Japanese, 1671 – 1750)
Date1731
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper; sumizuri-e
Dimensions20.6 x 32.7 cm (8 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.301
DescriptionFormat: Double-page book illustrationLabel TextIllustration from vol. II of Ehon Tokiwagusa (A Picture Book of Evergreens); signed sakusha gako (author and conceiver) Bunkado Nishikawa Sukenobu; carvers Fujimura Zen'emon and Murakami Gen'emon of Osaka; preface dated 1730 (Kyoho 15); issued by Morita Shotaro of Osaka in the 8th month 1731 (Kyoho 16).The Bon dance was a popular expression of joy by the common people at harvest time in the summer.
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