Pictures of excursions through the famous sites of the capital (Rakuyo meisho kan'yu-e)

Object Details

• Artist

  Kawashima Shigenobu (ca. 1722-1744)

• Label

  This section of a scroll from a pair of long handscrolls depicts sites in Kyoto, the imperial capital of Japan from the late eighth to the late nineteenth century. Spectators line long fences to enjoy the annual horse races held at the Kamigamo Shinto shrine. The horses race at the entrance of the shrine, which is marked by the distinctive red shrine gate (torii). This annual festival was held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the date on which the traditional Boys' Festival was also celebrated.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (February 24 to May 13, 2007)

  Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

  Famous Places of Japan (October 17, 1985 to February 13, 1986)

  Japanese Screens (Narrative Subjects) (December 22, 1981 to February 10, 1983)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Kawashima, Shigenobu

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Art, Hill, Dancer, Torii gate, Rites and ceremonies, Bridges, Festivals, Landscapes, Sport, Shrine, Animals, Temple, Kites, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Horses, Monk, Racing, Musicians

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings