Ritual Performance
date: label: Date
content: 1797-1858
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This elaborately decorated structure, built on top of a restaurant, supports a man dressed in religious attire and a gold ornamented mask. The mask, adorned with a green dragon with its purple wings spread out. Each layer of the structure of this platform consists of different designs of traditional Japanese motifs. Nestled into the background is a parade filled with men in a formal procession. Men in the march support one particular figure that sits in a highly ornate structure. The neighboring rooftops are hidden by clouds to prevent the viewer's eyes from being distracted by the first performance.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-329
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper