TORI NO ICHI festival at OTAKA shrine
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
Typical Price
$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.
Description
Tori no Ichi Festival at Otaka Shrine presents the rake market festival at a specific named shrine — Otaka-jinja — where the kumade (bamboo rakes decorated with lucky ornaments) were sold to devotees seeking good fortune in the coming year. The festival's combination of Shinto ritual observance and market commerce was characteristic of the practical religious culture of the shitamachi, where spiritual petition and commercial transaction existed in easy proximity. Mori's rendering would have captured both the elaborate decorative rakes and the social energy of the market crowd.
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Frequently Asked Questions
TORI NO ICHI festival at OTAKA shrine was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
TORI NO ICHI festival at OTAKA shrine depicts temples & shrines and summer.