Doll Festival
- Date:
- 1904
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"Doll Festival" (1904) depicts the Hina Matsuri celebration of the third day of the third month — when elaborate sets of imperial court dolls were displayed on tiered platforms, surrounded by traditional seasonal foods and decorations. The doll festival was primarily a celebration for girls, and Shuntei renders the specific visual richness of the occasion: the many-figured doll display, the paper decorations, the specific seasonal food offerings, and the children who gathered to admire the assembled court. The festival's combination of aesthetic pleasure and household ritual made it a natural subject for his genre work.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Doll Festival was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1904.
Doll Festival depicts summer.