A Shinto Priest, Three Women and a Child
ca. 1799-1801
- Medium
- Ink, gold, and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 175 × 179 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-124134
This painting depicts a Shinto priest blessing young women who bear iron cooking pots perched on their heads. One leads a robust young child by the hand. The festival, in which young women carry pots upon their heads, was probably performed at the Tsukuma Shrine in the Omi region around Lake Biwa, to the east of Kyoto. The painting combines strong, expressive brushwork, seen in the representation…
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- ca. 1799-1801 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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