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The Sannō Festival of Hie Shrine17th century

Not on view
Six-panel folding screen painted in ink, color, and gold leaf, showing a crowded river procession with dozens of small boats and figures crossing dark water amid gold clouds
Detail of a gold-ground panel with three Japanese characters in bold black brushwork calligraphy, centered on aged and worn gilded surface.
Detail of a painted panel with aged gold ground, showing a vertical column of Japanese cursive script in black ink, with a partial green plant motif visible at lower left.
Ink calligraphy on aged golden-yellow paper, two large Japanese or Chinese characters rendered in bold, fluid brushstrokes centered on the composition.

Anonymous, The Sannō Festival of Hie Shrine, 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerry Louise and Robert Johnson, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
The Sannō Festival of Hie Shrine
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
17th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
One from a pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 47 15/16 x 110 1/2 in. (121.7 x 280.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerry Louise and Robert Johnson
Accession Number
M.83.49.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Stearns, Robert; T. Hara; K. Iizawa; Robert T. Singer. Photography and Beyond in Japan: Space, Time and Memory. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995.
  • Vilbar, Sinéad and Kevin Gray Carr. Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.