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Temple visit during the Hatsuuma festival
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Temple visit during the Hatsuuma festival

Katsushika Hokusai · 1822 · color woodcut; polish; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A still life with a hand puppet in the form of a fox performing the 'spring horse dance'. Also depicted are leaves wrapped in straw and a sake bottle on which a red cup stands in a pink cloth. These are attributes for the Hatsuuma festival, which is celebrated in honor of the god of rice, Inari, usually depicted as a fox. With four poems.

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Credit lineTempelbezoek tijdens het Hatsuuma feest. 1822. Katsushika Hokusai. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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