Japanese Print "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)" by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Artist:Nishikawa Sukenobu

Title: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)

Date:1731

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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Illustration 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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