Minneapolis Institute of Art
Picture Book: Children of the East
Utagawa Toyohiro; Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei
- Date
- 1804
- Medium
- Woodblock printed book, ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
A prolific designer of single-sheet prints, Utagawa Toyohiro also produced many books. He provided the illustrations for a number of bestselling novels, as well as the images of several picture books, like this one. For this book, one of a two-volume set, Toyohiro depicted twelve celebrations associated with specific temples or shrines in the city of Edo. The event depicted here is Shōga-ichi or the Ginger Fair at the Shinmei Shrine, located in the southern part of Edo. In September, the shrine hosts a fair in which townspeople sell their special, locally grown ginger, ginger-flavored candy and the like. Visitors also purchase chigi , tiered cylindrical boxes made at the shrine that were believed to have talismanic powers. Japan, Asia
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