Pilgrimage to Myōhōji in Horinouchi, Edo

The image depicts two adjacent scenes from a traditional Japanese woodblock print. The left scene shows a woman in a pink kimono walking past a group of four women on a balcony, with a red-covered table to her right. The women on the balcony wear kimonos with distinct designs and colors; one woman wears black with red and white, another white with pink and red, a third woman wears pink with red and white and the fourth woman wears dark green with pink and white. The background features trees, a building with a tiled roof and people on a walkway. The right scene shows three women standing together on a balcony in front of a wall with a black and white diamond pattern. From left to right, the women wear kimonos in orange and black, purple with orange and pink and green with pink. The background features cream-colored walls with two windows with scalloped tops. Both scenes have a beige background.

Artwork details

Date:: ca. 1804
Medium:: Two sheets of a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 600 × 457 px
Museum record:: View original