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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1907,0531,0.54
Title: Object: Kasai Nenbutsu 葛西念仏 (Kasai Nenbutsu); Series: Seiro Niwaka zensei asobi 青楼俄全盛遊 (Amusements at the Height of Yoshiwara's Niwaka Festival)
Description: Woodblock print, monochrome keyblock print. Six young women performing Nenbutsu dance during the Niwaka festival in Yoshiwara, their names inscribed above.
Producer name: Print artist: Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山
Cultures/periods: Kansei Era
Production date: Mid 1790s
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock
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Curator's comments: Kasai Nenbutsu was a type of wild religious dance performed by farmers in the Kasai region of Musashi province. Mounted with 1907,0531,0.53
Bibliographic references: Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (11)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: music; dance; child; theatre/theatrical life
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sir Hickman Bacon
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1907,0531,0.54
Conservation: Treatment: 30 Nov 1995

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