The Five Festivals
(Go sekku, 五節句)
Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô
c. 1843
This
series shows beautiful women in scenes suggesting one of 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. The series is listed as
number 86 in Kuniyoshi by Basil
William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches
(36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. |
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Title: Girlʼs Festival (女月) Description: Woman
crossing a small wooden drum bridge |
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Title: 弥? (Star
Festival) Description: Woman with
giant anchor |
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Title: (Feast of the
Seven Herbs) Description: Beauty
bouncing ball |
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Title: Boys’ Day (Tanabata) Description: Woman
dressing a little boy |
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Title: Double Nine
Festival (Chuyo no sekku,
重陽の節句) Description: Woman with
chrysanthemums watching cat NOTE: The Chrysanthemum Festival is held on the nineth day of the nineth
month. I am grateful to Jerry Vegder for this image. |
“Robinson” indicates listing in
Kuniyoshi by Basil William
Robinson, 1961, CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO MAIN
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