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Photo, Print, Drawing Cool Evening at Shijogawara during the Gion Festival.

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Title

  • Cool Evening at Shijogawara during the Gion Festival.

Summary

  • This work depicting the Gion Festival in the mid-19th century is by Gountei Sadahide (circa 1807--78), also known as Utagawa Sadahide and Hashimoto Sadahide. The festival, one of the major summer events in Japan, dates back well over 1,000 years and is still held in Kyoto for the full month of July. Its purpose traditionally is to pray for the protection of the populace from disease during the hottest season of the year. Sadahide belonged to the Utagawa school and was a pupil of Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (circa 1786--1864). Sadahide created many pictures of Kabuki actors and beautiful women, as well as genre paintings and landscapes. He was much appreciated for his representations of life in Yokohama, showing the Western influence on his country. Sadahide was particularly skilled at detailed landscapes, panoramas with map-like elements and a bird's-eye view, such as these evening scenes at Gion published in 1859.

Names

  • Utagawa, Sadahide, 1807-1873 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Edo : Hujiokaya Keijiro, 1859.

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  1859
  • -  Festivals
  • -  Gion Festival
  • -  Ukiyo-e
  • -  Woodcuts

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 3 papers : woodblock prints, color ; 36.3 x 25 centimeters, 36.2 x 24.8 centimeters, 36.2 x 24 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668774

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Utagawa, Sadahide, Artist. Cool Evening at Shijogawara during the Gion Festival. Japan, 1859. Edo: Hujiokaya Keijiro. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668774/.

APA citation style:

Utagawa, S. (1859) Cool Evening at Shijogawara during the Gion Festival. Japan, 1859. Edo: Hujiokaya Keijiro. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668774/.

MLA citation style:

Utagawa, Sadahide, Artist. Cool Evening at Shijogawara during the Gion Festival. Edo: Hujiokaya Keijiro. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668774/>.