1834 (ca.), Utagawa Hiroshige, Gion Shrine in the Snow -- British Museum (London)
From the museum label: On a snowy evening geiko (female entertainers) and a maiko (young entertainer-in-training), identified by her long sleeves, exchange greetings near the gate of Gion Shrine in central Kyoto. The shrine is famous for the lively Gion Festival, held in July to appease a deity of plague and epidemics. Hiroshige captures the shrine at a less frenetic time of year.
1834 (ca.), Utagawa Hiroshige, Gion Shrine in the Snow -- British Museum (London)
From the museum label: On a snowy evening geiko (female entertainers) and a maiko (young entertainer-in-training), identified by her long sleeves, exchange greetings near the gate of Gion Shrine in central Kyoto. The shrine is famous for the lively Gion Festival, held in July to appease a deity of plague and epidemics. Hiroshige captures the shrine at a less frenetic time of year.