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Night Festival of Tsushima ShrineKan’ei era (1624-1644), early Edo period

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Eight-panel folding screen with continuous panoramic scene in ink, mineral pigments, and gold leaf, showing a wide navy blue river crowded with decorated boats, cherry blossoms, and figures among walled buildings on both shores
Six-panel folding screen with mineral pigments on gold leaf, depicting a panoramic riverside cityscape with numerous small figures, boats on deep blue water, cherry blossom trees in pink, and architectural structures including gates and roofed buildings across the composition.
Six-panel folding screen with gold-leaf ground depicting a bustling riverside scene; crowds of figures on bridges, boats, and shorelines amid blossoming cherry trees rendered in pink, with architectural structures in green, blue, and white; gold clouds separate compositional zones in the Rinpa tradition.
Japanese folding screen panel, ink and color on gold-leaf ground, depicting a busy harbor scene across three registers. Groups of figures crowd a green shoreline at top; multiple boats and a decorative float adorned with stacked pink spheres navigate dark blue stylized waves in the middle and lower sections. Gold clouds separate the registers, with fine brushwork throughout.
Japanese folding screen panels with gold leaf ground, depicting a riverside gathering with numerous figures in period dress seated and standing near pavilions and a raised stage; cherry blossoms at lower left, deep blue water below, rendered in fine mineral pigments with detailed ink linework.
Two-panel Japanese folding screen with gold-leaf ground, depicting a river festival scene with decorated boats on blue water, crowds of figures in courtly and common dress along the banks, a raised wooden bridge at upper right, and theater or market structures in the lower section, separated by billowing gold clouds; fine ink detailing throughout.
Two-panel Japanese folding screen with gold leaf background, depicting a riverside scene with numerous figures in white robes crossing a bridge, boarding boats on blue water, and processing along a curved path toward shrine architecture and a torii gate in the distance; green pine trees and stylized gold clouds frame architectural structures below.
Japanese screen painting on gold leaf depicting a river festival scene; lower section shows a decorated barge with stacked paper lanterns and a boat with figures on dark blue water; upper section, separated by gold clouds, shows crowds of figures on a riverbank and in small boats, rendered in fine detail with mineral pigments.
Japanese folding screen painting, ink and color on gold-leafed paper, depicting a river festival scene with multiple decorated boats carrying portable shrine structures and clusters of pink lanterns or round decorations; numerous small figures in traditional dress crowd the vessels, riverbanks, and upper shore; deep blue stylized waves fill the center, with gold clouds at lower corners.
Japanese folding screen painting on gold ground, depicting a riverside festival scene with numerous figures on the banks and elaborately decorated ceremonial boats on deep blue water; blooming cherry trees in pink, architectural structures, and crowds in court and common dress rendered in fine mineral pigments in the yamato-e tradition.
Four-panel folding screen with ink and pigment on gold leaf, depicting a bustling riverside scene with numerous small figures, decorated boats on deep blue water, cherry blossoms, bridges, and architectural structures rendered in fine detail.
Three-panel Japanese folding screen, ink and color on gold leaf, depicting a riverine townscape with crowds of small figures on wooden bridges, boats on blue waterways, and architectural structures including a torii gate at upper right; gold cloud forms separate landscape vignettes throughout.
Japanese folding screen panel with gold leaf ground, depicting a shrine torii gate amid trees, architectural structures, and small figures in courtly dress, with stylized white cloud forms separating the scene into upper and lower registers; mineral pigments on paper with visible age cracking.
Japanese folding screen panel, ink and color on gold-leafed paper, depicting numerous figures in varied traditional dress gathered in and around a courtyard. Groups eat, converse, and move through the scene across multiple registers, with architectural elements, a bare tree, and green foliage visible against the gold background. Fine, detailed brushwork throughout.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Night Festival of Tsushima Shrine
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Kan’ei era (1624-1644), early Edo period
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Eight panel screen; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
Overall image: 58 3/4 x 182 1/2 in. (149.23 x 463.55 cm); Mount: 65 1/8 x 189 1/2 in. (165.42 x 481.33 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, David and Margaret Barry, Lenore and Richard Wayne, Leslie Prince Salzman, Friends of Heritage Preservation, Gwen and Peter Norton, and the East Asian Art Council, in honor of Robert T. Singer
Accession Number
M.2007.190
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.