Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance / Takahashi Hiroaki
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.113
- Title
- Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance
- Artist
- Takahashi Hiroaki
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1944
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1921
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Millard Pryor in Memory of Mary S. Pryor
- Dimensions
- 38.1 cm x 17 cm (15 in. x 6 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- A circle of festival-goers dances under a full moon. They only appear in silhouette, but the shapes of their kimono and fans in hand can be seen.
- Subject Matter
- Takahashi Hiroaki worked with the prolific twentieth century publisher of woodblock prints Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962). Takahashi was trained in Nihonga, or Japanese painting, and dedicated much of his time to paintings for exhibitions and illustrations for scientific publications. His nostalgic “Old Japan” imagery was highly sought after by collectors in Europe and North America. Takahashi’s work attempts to capture the essence of cultural events and everyday life. The people in this print are doing a special dance for the summer bon festival, a festival of the dead.
- Secondary Keywords
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- asian
- associated concepts
- celebrations
- disciplines
- earth sciences concepts
- east asian
- events
- humanities
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- people and culture
- performing arts
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 613 x 1331
- File Size
- 64 KB
- Record
- 1991/2.113
- Link to this Item
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"Evening Scene in Tokyo: Bon Dance; Takahashi Hiroaki." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1991-sl-2.113/1991_2.113.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.