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Returning from Flower Viewing in the Third Monthfront

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Returning from Flower Viewing in the Third Month

  • Description

    On a windy day, a woman returns from the flower festival, which was known as ‘momo no sekku’ (peach festival). The flowers in the background are peach blossom. There were five main festivals in the year, of which the 3rd March is celebrated to this day, to pray for the healthy growth of girls.

  • Details

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    Series
    The Five Festivals
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Date
    1820 - 1848
    Artist/maker
    Keisai Eisen (1791 - 1848) (designer)
    Associated people
    Izumiya Ichibei (active 1770s - 1886) (publisher)
    Kansendō (active 1770s - 1886) (publisher)
    Material and technique
    nishiki-e (multi-block) woodblock print, possibly with bokashi (tonal gradation) on the sleeve, printed with water-based vegetable pigments
    Dimensions
    mount 55.9 x 40.6 cm (height x width)
    print 36.7 x 25.9 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Christ Church College, University of Oxford, 1983.
    Accession no.
    EA1983.75

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 August-30 November 2005, Beauties of the Four Seasons, Mitsuko Watanabe, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), no. 38 on p. 80, illus. p. 81

Glossary (2)

nishiki-e, vegetable pigments

  • nishiki-e

    Nishiki-e literally means 'brocade pictures' and refers to multi-coloured woodblock prints.

  • vegetable pigments

    Vegetable pigments were used to create coloured dyes for Japanese prints, paintings, and textiles. These pigments often faded over time due to the chemical reactions they underwent.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • Beauties of the Four Seasons by Mitsuko Watanabe

    Beauties of the Four Seasons

    A beauty with a parasol returning from the flower festival which was called momo no sekku (the peach festival), walks into the wind, in front of a peach tree. Her kimono, with a design of wisteria, blows behind her.

    For the Go-sekku festivals, see [EAX.4099].

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