Festival street procession, Edo-period Japanese scroll

Ink and color painting on paper shows a crowded procession across a pale gold ground, with figures in armor on horseback and on foot, some carrying spears and swords, and a large red-faced figure at upper right. Robes in red, green, blue and white fill the scene, framed by a patterned border.

Artist

Yamamoto Fujinobu (1750-1770)

Date

ca. 1750-70

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

2401 × 1442 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art