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Fashionable Winding-Water Banquet (Furyu kyokusui no en), 1810s

Description

Maker

Title

Fashionable Winding-Water Banquet (Furyu kyokusui no en)

Year

1810s

Medium

Three-paneled polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 39.1 x 75.6 cm (15 3/8 x 29 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

A white square label is affixed verso, bottom left (reverse of far right section) with an inscription in pencil: 7-
Inscription verso (far right section), bottom leftin pencil: 720.7

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1062

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Triptychs in Japanese Printmaking

June 6 - August 31, 2003

These women are engaged in a poetry competition known as “the winding water banquet,” dating to as early as the Heian period in Japan (794-1185). Wine cups were floated on the water, and the guests were expected to drink from a cup and recite a verse or compose a few lines of poetry to complete someone else’s verse.

This competition had its roots in China, where a similar gathering was held at the Orchid Pavilion in Shaoxing in Zhejiang province in southern China in 353 AD. A Chinese painting in the case behind illustrates the story.

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