Artwork preview

Children Play-acting a Daimyo Procession

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese scene. The scene shows a group of people dressed in traditional Japanese clothing, with a mix of men and women. The women wear kimonos with floral patterns and have their hair styled in traditional Japanese buns. The men wear traditional clothing with designs and carry items like parasols. In the background, there are large windows with sliding panels and a tree with blossoms. The people appear to be indoors. The artwork is done in muted colors with black outlines. The scene shows a procession-like gathering, with the individuals arranged in a line. The overall setting suggests a cultural or ceremonial event.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1763
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 440 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

Girl Leaping from Kiyomizu Temple
The Curfew at Dōjōji
A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge
Courtesans of Yoshiwara and their attendants viewing the peonies on Nakanocho
Courtesans Drawn in Osaka style (right), Kyoto style (center), and Edo style (left), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals: A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui)"
The Nakamise Shopping Street, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan hakkei)"
Party on their way to view plum blossoms
Fuji no Uraha
The Ceremonial Sake (Konrei sakazuki), the fourth sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"
Votive Offering
The Fourth Month
The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782
Geisha Preparing for an Entertainment
Wakana, Part 1 (Wakana, jo), from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"
The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788
A Long-Tailed Fowl (Onagadori), from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochō jūnikin)
A Disguised Scene from The Tale of Genji (Fūryū Yatsushi Genji), Chapter 33, “Wisteria Leaves (Fuji no uraba)”
Young Men of Fashion - A Set of Three (Wakashu sanpukutsui)
Three Women and a Small Boy beneath a Wisteria Arbor on the Bank of a Stream
A Mock Marriage Ceremony
Courtesans in an Iris Garden
Entertainers performing the hobby-horse dance
Parody of Prince Genji and his procession
A Parade of Courtesans