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The Tanabata Festival (Tanabata), from the series Parties for the Five Festivals (Gosetsu en)

The Tanabata Festival (Tanabata), from the series Parties for the Five Festivals (Gosetsu en)

「五節宴　七夕」

Senkadô Sanchô (Japanese, active about 1772–1781)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1784 (Tenmei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.3 x 19.7 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5819

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #C13 (21.5818)

Signed Sanchô ga
三蝶画

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.