November; Rake Market on the Day of Rooster
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- japancoll
$300–$3,000. Common folk art prints: $300–$800. Key value factors: Mori's cheerful folk art prints are affordably priced. His stencil technique (kappazuri) is distinctive.
November — Rake Market on the Day of Rooster presents the Tori no Ichi festival at Otori shrines across Japan — the market held on the "day of the rooster" in November where kumade (bamboo rakes decorated with good-luck ornaments) were sold as charms for raking in wealth and good fortune in the coming year. The kumade stalls, with their elaborately decorated rakes festooned with miniature masks, coins, and symbolic objects, created one of the most visually extravagant of all the year's market festivals, and the rooster associations added additional festive iconography to an already image-rich occasion.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
November; Rake Market on the Day of Rooster was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
November; Rake Market on the Day of Rooster depicts birds & flowers and market scenes.
