開化十二ヶ月のうち 一月の祝宴
January: A Celebration Banquet, from Twelve Months of Kaika
Women gather around a table draped in white, and at their feet, on the red carpet, a child lies face down. Green round patterns are scattered across the floor from end to end.
About this print
A red carpet scattered with green round patterns spreads across the whole floor. Long-haired women sit around a table draped with a white cloth, and toward the right stands a figure in long robes patterned in blue and gold. At the far left are a pot of red flowers and a folding screen or curtain patterned on a purple ground.
"Kaika" in the title is the kaika of bunmei kaika, "civilization and enlightenment." The phrase refers to the movement in the early Meiji era, when Japan eagerly took in Western civilization and rapidly modernized and Westernized.
Move your eye to the floor in the lower left, and a child in a black and green kimono is lying face down. With your attention on the table and the standing figure, it would be easy to miss.
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- Source title
- 『開化十二ヶ月のうち 一月の祝宴』（1880年）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
- Why it's free to use
- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- Made
- 146+ years ago
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