Court Ladies Making Dolls
1790s
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-192782
Since ancient times dolls were used in Japan for religious purposes, especially for the healing of impurities or illness. Mothers often presented dolls to shrines to secure the protection of kami (spirits) for their children. Each year there is a doll festival (Hina Matsuri) or Girl's Festival on March 3rd at which families display heirloom sets of dolls dressed in costumes of the ancient imperial court. This is a section of a surimono (a print in which an image is combined with poetry to celebrate a special event) or an album page.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1922.175
Registry history
- 1790s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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