The Chrysanthemum Festival, 1885
Colour woodcut
Sheet dimensions36,9 × 71,7 cm
About the workThe Japanese term "ukiyo-e" means "pictures of the floating world" and refers to woodcuts and paintings that often depict everyday scenes. Tradition and progress come together in this visual world, as this woodcut demonstrates. The picture depicts the Chrysanthemum Festival, which was once celebrated only in court circles. From the seventeenth century onwards, in the wake of social change in Japan, it was also celebrated by craftsmen, merchants and farmers.
AccessionGift Dr. Hans Lühdorf 1983
Provenance[...]; 1983 erworben durch Schenkung von Dr. Hans Lühdorf (Düsseldorf 1910 - 1983 Düsseldorf), Düsseldorf
Inventory numberJ 1988-90 (153)
