Kyoto Festivals and Customs

Original Title
都年中行事画帖
Access Rights
open access
English Name of Creator
International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Alternative Name of Creator
国際日本文化研究センター
Description (in English)

Kyoto Festivals and Customs consists of a two-volume album of hand paintings that depict Kyoto’s annual festivals and customs during the pre-WWII era. Each painting accompanies a detailed description of the subject. While it has no interface in English, the ‘画帖一覧’ link brings you to the thumbnails of the images

Language
jpn
Organization
National Center for Art Research (NCAR) (国立アートリサーチセンター)
National Diet Library (国立国会図書館)
Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation (公益財団法人渋沢栄一記念財団)
Waseda University (早稲田大学)