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Toyohara CHIKANOBU (1838 - 1912)		Viewing the Sannô Festival from the series: "Outside the Palace"
		Signed:                Yôshû Chikanobu Publisher:           Fukuda Hatsujirô Date:                    01 March 1897 Size:                      ôban triptych  (35.5 x 71 cms / c. 14" x 28") Condition: Very good impression and color, lacquer highlights, embossing; very good general condition. - Three separate sheets, with album backing. - ref. no.:  # 713294 Price:     € 970.00

"In the 6th month of alternate years in Edo, the Sannô Festival was celebrated with a parade ... processing from the Shinto Shrine of Hie Sannô to Edo Castle ... In this print, Edo-Castle looms in the background ... One of the highlights was the enormous elephant, made of wood and fabric which was moved by men walking inside the elephant's legs. Accompanying the beast are local citizens dressed in costume, including some with flower decorated hats and others wearing Korean style garments." (Coats, "Chikanobu"; 2006; p. 179, pl. 205)

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