Triptych: Port Festival Scene
- Date:
- Meiji period, 1890
- Medium:
- Woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban triptych
- Dimensions:
- 37 × 74.1 cm
- Source:
A woodblock-printed [oban](/glossary/oban) [triptych](/glossary/triptych) from Meiji period (1890) depicting a port festival scene — one of the summer celebrations that punctuated Japanese coastal cities' calendars, combining religious festival with commercial and social celebration. Port festivals brought together the maritime working communities of fishing and shipping with the wider urban population in festive events that honored the sea deities, celebrated the summer season, and generated the kind of collective celebration that Chikanobu documented throughout his career. The triptych format captures the panoramic scope of such events.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
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Triptych: Port Festival Scene was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延) in Meiji period, 1890.
Triptych: Port Festival Scene depicts seascapes and summer.
Triptych: Port Festival Scene measures 37 × 74.1 cm (Oban triptych format).