Children's Lantern Float, Sanno Festival
ca. 1788
Medium
Woodblock print; uchiwa fan format; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
JP1401
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of-period Japan with *Children's Lantern Float, Sanno Festival* Katsukawa Shun'eica. 1788). This charming woodblock print captures a moment from the Sanno Festival, one of's (then Edo's) grandest annual celebrations honoring the deity at Sanno Shrine. Parades featuring massive floats, like this lantern-bearing one carried by exuberant boys, drew crowds for days of music, dance, and communal revelry during the summer months. Shun'ei, a master of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") tradition from the Katsukawa school, expertly conveys the festival's lively ...
About the Artist
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英 (Japanese) · 1762 –1819
Japanese, 1762–1819