Festival of Insects (Q60476276)

Label from: English (en)

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collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location of final assembly: Japan (Q17)
depicts: pumpkin (Q165308)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.16

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: This painting depicts humanlike figures with antennae engaged in a festival procession. They transport a gourd like a float, with two teams pulling ropes in front, and others maneuvering it with poles from behind. They are accompanied by flutes and drums, urged on by a dancer holding a fan and a branch. The inscription is attributed to the monk-painter Motsurin Jōtō (Bokusai), well known in Japan as a disciple of Ikkyū Sōjun and an accomplished portrait artist.

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