cma-japanese-art: Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in
cma-japanese-art: Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese ArtIzumo Shrine is a Shinto shrine on Honshu Island. The Japanese believe that Shinto kami (divine spirits) leave their own shrines for a month in October or November-depending on the lunar calendar-and travel to Izumo Shrine. During this time, a festival is held in which celebrants carrying lighted torches lead the kami to the shrine.Size: Overall: 34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 ½ x 9 in.)Medium: Color woodblock print, ink and color on paperhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1985.311 -- source link
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