P1000-092
Serigraph Or Screen Print
Framed
Matsuri Gion (Gion Festival)
Japanese Asian
Japan
Late 20th C.
Ink On Paper
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