About This Print
Senpan's rendition of the Buddhist custom of Bon Odori (bon dance) during which one's deceased relatives are celebrated. Â A high wooden scaffold (yagura) is assembled especially for the festival and it is the center for the dance as well as serving as the bandstand for musicians and signers.
Oliver Statler's Comments
Source:Â Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn, Oliver Statler, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1956, p. 47.
Writing in his seminal book Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn published in the year this print was issued, Statler comments on the artist:
People are his main interest, the ordinary people of Japan, and although he sometimes shows them at work, he likes best to catch them when they are enjoying themselves.... Among his best prints are A Spa, An Inn at Kamisuwa, Autumn in a Mountain Village, Cherry-Viewing Dance..., Plum Orchard, Shadow-Picture Play, and the recent, gay Bon Odori. Â
Print Details
| Â IHL Catalog | Â #1079 |
|  Title/Description |  untitled (Bon Dori 盆踊り) |
| Â Series | Â |
|  Artist |  Maekawa Senpan (1888-1960) |
|  Signature |   in pencil |
| Â Seal | Â not sealed |
| Â Publication Date | Â 1956 |
| Â Publisher | Â self-published |
| Â Impression | Â excellent |
| Â Colors | Â good |
| Â Condition | Â good - overall light toning and mat line outside image area |
| Â Miscellaneous | Â |
| Â Genre | Â sosaku hanga (creative prints) |
| Â Format | Â |
| Â H x W Paper | Â 15 7/8 x 12 1/4 in. (40.3 x 31.1 cm ) |
| Â H x W Image | Â 15 x 11 1/2 in. (38.1 x 29.1 cm)Â Â |
| Â Reference Literature | Â |
| Â Collections This Print | Â Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 1978.302 |
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