Five Festivals
(Go sekku no uchi, 五節供の内)
Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei
1842-1846
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This
series of fan prints (uchiwa) shows
beautiful women likened to the five festivals. The five festivals are Jinjitsu
(January 7) Feast of the Seven Herbs or Mankind’s Day, Johshi
(March 3) Doll Festival or Girls’ Day, Tango (May 5) Boys’ Day, Tanabata
(July 7) Star Festival or Seventh Night, and Choyo (September 9) the
Chrysanthemum Festival. Each of the
prints bears the seal of the censor Fukatsu Ihei, indicating a date of 1842-1846. The series is not listed Kuniyoshi by
Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). |
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Festival: First month (Hajime
tsuki, 甫月) |
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Festival: Early Autumn
(Môshû, 孟秋) |
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Festival: The
Chrysanthemum Festival, (Rihaku, 季白) |
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