МАЭ № 13-34/11

Choosing a Lucky Day for a Wedding. Series “the Life of the Japanese”.

Japanese

1820-s

silk textile, Japanese watercolours, ink, Japanese washigami paper, glue

32.2 × 44.1

Depict the parents of the groom (?), who are choosing a propitious day for a wedding. The father of the groom is holding a half-opened fan, a symbol of good fortune and prosperity for his descendants. In front of the fortuneteller we see a compass and an almanac showing lucky and unlucky days. In the basket we see drinking vessels.

Ethnographic drawing