Urabon (Obon, Festival of Souls) no Nagasaki
Urabon (Obon, Festival of Souls) no Nagasaki
Artist
Kobayakawa Kiyoshi
(Japanese, 1899 - 1948)
Date1930
DimensionsOverall: 90 × 68 in. (228.6 × 172.7 cm)
Mediummineral pigments, organic pigments and ink on silk
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange
Object number
2025.22
Not on View
Descriptiona mother and daughter dressed in beautiful kimonos standing in front of a large bonfire celebrating the Obon Festival
Published ReferencesNittenshi No. 9, Shadan Hojin Nitten, April 21, 1983, p. 326 (repr.)Exhibition History11th Teikoku Bijutsuin Tenrankai, 1930
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1330 BCE
about 1820
19th or early 20th century
mid 18th century
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