People at a festival, 1790s
Gion Seitokuexpand_more
Ink and color on paperexpand_more
Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more 2013.29.295
Not on Viewexpand_more
This painting represents the bustle of a festival, capturing the joyful loosening of social restrictions fueled by music and drink. A woman holds a sun umbrella next to a boy making faces; both are surrounded by forceful men with tattoos. Her heavily powdered face with bulbous nose and large green lower lip represents the typical characteristics of a beauty painted by Gion Seitoku. Seitoku is particularly known for making realistic portraits of geisha (dancers) in Kyoto’s popular entertainment district, Gion, which is famous for the Gion Festival every summer. He uses shading to draw the focus to the physicality of these interactions: the men’s muscles ripple and the lady’s bunched kimono suggests a voluptuous form beneath it.
Details
- Title
- People at a festival
- Artist Life
- 1755 - 1815
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.29.295
- Curator Approved
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