Title: Lighting a Hanging Lantern for the Obon Festival
Object type: Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Date: circa 1860
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.2 x 16.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Dogs, term: Lanterns