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Tsurumeso at the Gion Festival
Also titled Tsurumeso bij het Gion-festival
Nakajima Kahô (1866–1939)
1926
- Medium
- paper, wood (plant material), gold (metal), mother of pearl
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Dimensions
- height 117.5 cm x width 52.3 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of J.P. Filedt Kok, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Tsurumeso were craftsmen from Kyoto who made sandals and strings for bows from hemp fibres. They were affiliated with the Gion Shrine and during the grand Gion festival they purified the path. They wear masks, and the two crests (mon) of the temple are visible on their chest and the banner on their back.
