P1000-092
Serigraph Or Screen Print
Framed
Matsuri Gion (Gion Festival)
Japanese Asian
Japan
Late 20th C.
Ink On Paper
$3495.00
The Gion Festival in Kyoto is one of the most famous in Japan, originating as part of a purification ritual in the 9th century to please the gods believed to cause natural disasters. The annual tradition has continued ever since, rarely unbroken for over a thousand years. Image size 19.7'' w x 27'' h