Rakuchu Rakugai - "In and Around the City of Kyoto" - detail

Rakuchu Rakugai - "In and Around the City of Kyoto" - detail

Arts; Arts-Painting; Daily Life-Material Culture;

Detail from right screen of an original pair of 6-fold screens; 67" H. x 142" W. (6 panels). The type originated in the Momoyama period, when they were presented to visiting warlords, to take home as a memento of their visit to Kyoto. This particular example is relatively late for the type, but a good example. The iconography for this particular type of screen pairs is set, and this example follows the program for the right hand screen of the original pair, depicting the colorful floats of the Gion Matsuri (Kyoto's signature festival) in LR, and various Kyoto landmarks, like the Kiyomizudera (a temple with a veranda supported on high pilings) in the upper right.

Emison Art Museum

DePauw University

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Japan

Japan - Edo-Tokugawa 1615 - 1868

late 17th century