Activities of the Twelve Months late 1790s Sakai Hitsu This group of eleven scrolls originally belonged to a set of 12 depicting Japanese customs and objects associated with the monthsof the year. Two represent traditional activities: the imperial court ritual of the First Month, known as Shihhai, in which the Emperor and officials worship the Four Cardinal Directions, and the “Shichi-go-san mairi” celebration in the Eleventh Month for three- and five-year old boys and five- and seven-year old girls. Other paintings depict objects such as the ornamental scented ball, or kusudama, used in festivals of the Fifth Month, and a type of mulberry leaf associated with the Tanabata, or Milky Way, festival in the Seventh Month. The image for the Eighth Month is a classically poetic representation of the autumn season, with foliage—bellflowers, maidenflowers, and knotweed—set against a full moon. The artist, Sakai Hitsu, was one of the most important painters of the late Edo-period Rinpa schoo

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Activities of the Twelve Months late 1790s Sakai Hitsu This group of eleven scrolls originally belonged to a set of 12 depicting Japanese customs and objects associated with the monthsof the year. Two represent traditional activities: the imperial court ritual of the First Month, known as Shihhai, in which the Emperor and officials worship the Four Cardinal Directions, and the “Shichi-go-san mairi” celebration in the Eleventh Month for three- and five-year old boys and five- and seven-year old girls. Other paintings depict objects such as the ornamental scented ball, or kusudama, used in festivals of the Fifth Month, and a type of mulberry leaf associated with the Tanabata, or Milky Way, festival in the Seventh Month. The image for the Eighth Month is a classically poetic representation of the autumn season, with foliage—bellflowers, maidenflowers, and knotweed—set against a full moon. The artist, Sakai Hitsu, was one of the most important painters of the late Edo-period Rinpa schoo

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