Japanese Print "Preparing for the New Year's Festival" by Katsukawa Shuncho

Artist:Katsukawa Shuncho

Title:Preparing for the New Year's Festival

Date:1780s

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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Domestic scene. Women getting their house in order on the first day of the year. The shimanawa, or ropes hund iwth straw tasses and gohei (cut paper strips) have been affixed to the girders where they are visible. At the right a woman holds a Pekines dog in her arms and watches two boys play fukubiki (fortune drawing). Back of her two

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