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The Niwaka Festival
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The Niwaka Festival takes place every autumn in the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter in Tokyo. Male and female geishas in fanciful costumes parade in colorful processions along the main streets, or sit on elaborate travelling floats. This print shows three women dressed up as a puppeteer, a washerwoman, and a young nobleman. Material and technique: Woodblock color print.
Title: The Niwaka Festival
Description:
The Niwaka Festival takes place every autumn in the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter in Tokyo.
Male and female geishas in fanciful costumes parade in colorful processions along the main streets, or sit on elaborate travelling floats.
This print shows three women dressed up as a puppeteer, a washerwoman, and a young nobleman.
Material and technique: Woodblock color print.
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Left sheet of triptych: 2007.214.81.1 (right), 2007.214.81.2 (center), 2007.214.81.3 (left)...