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  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
  • Japanese gold-leaf painting of courtly figures among palace pavilions, an arched bridge over a stream and pines.
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unknown - Festivities of the Twelve Months- “Sannō Hiyoshi Festivals Held on the Day of the Monkey - early 18th century v13 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal

unknown - Festivities of the Twelve Months- “Sannō Hiyoshi Festivals Held on the Day of the Monkey - early 18th century v13 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal

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This horizontal scroll panel from the early 18th-century Festivities of the Twelve Months series carries the Sannō Hiyoshi festivals of the day of the monkey into a single, unfolding view of celebration.

Visual Elements & Composition

The panel is built as a continuous horizontal sweep, so the eye travels left to right past one scene after another. Courtly figures in robes move through the foreground, while palace pavilions with tiled roofs rise in terracotta brown and tan. An arched wooden bridge crosses a stream of cool blue, and pine trees in deep pine green frame the edges of the scene. Gold leaf fills the sky and clouds, so the light in the painting seems to come from the paper itself.

Meaning & Symbolism

The Sannō Hiyoshi shrines link local communities with protective mountain deities and with the Tendai Buddhist sect centred on Mount Hiei. Monkeys were revered as divine messengers, which made the day of the monkey a focal point for ritual offerings, public devotion and festive pageantry. Works in this genre were visual records of the ritual calendar in Edo-period Japan, documenting how processions and crowds reinforced social bonds and honoured divine protection.

Reading the Scroll on a Sticker

A kiss-cut sticker follows the outline of its own artwork, so the horizontal panel is defined by its cut edge rather than a rectangle. At close range the bridge, the pavilion rooflines and the pine silhouettes are read one by one, much as a handscroll is unrolled by hand. The gold-leaf sky catches the eye first and the crowds and ritual details reward a second look.

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