Year-End Fair (A)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- mfa
Description
Year-End Fair (A) presents the toshi no ichi — the year-end market that was among the most commercially and socially significant events in the Japanese calendar, drawing crowds to major shrine precincts and commercial districts in the final weeks of the year for the purchase of New Year's decorations, special foods, and gifts. The fair's combination of commercial urgency and festive atmosphere, with stalls of goods ranging from the mundane to the ceremonially specific, created a scene of layered social activity that Mori captured with the visual confidence of an artist who had spent a lifetime observing the rituals of Japanese popular life.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Year-End Fair (A) was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
Year-End Fair (A) depicts urban scenes, temples & shrines, and market scenes.