The Five Festivals

(Go sekku no uchi)

Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei

1849

In this print series, scenes from kabuki plays are likened to the five festivals which 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. This series is listed as number 125 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961), and the prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Festival: Actors: Bandô Shûka I (Bandô Mitsugorô V) as Jingû Kôgô (standing) and Nakamura Kanemon IV as武内宿祢 (untranslated)
	Another state of the above print
	Festival: Actors: Bandô Shûka I (Bandô Mitsugorô V) in female role as仲居おかぢ (untranslated), actor Nakamura Kanemon IV (standing left), and an unidentified actor (standing right) as宝珠大尽 (untranslated)
	Festival: Actors:
	Festival: Johshi (March 3), Doll Festival or Girls’ Day Actors:
	Festival: Choyo (September 9), Chrysanthemum Festival Actors:

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