Festival Costumes

Festival Costumes is restored & reproduced in high resolution for superior quality enlargements and is available now in our '18th and 19th Century Japanese Prints' gallery ~ Featuring rare and beautiful vintage Ukiyo-e of Japan . . .


"Festival Costumes" . . . Two lovely Geisha donning their festival costumes. They wear colorful kimonos and hairpins, combs & other hair ornaments. A large paper lantern lights the foreground. A page of the series, 'Seiro Niwaka Onnageisha no Bu' (Popular female performers of the green houses). From an original 18th century (1785) Japanese woodcut, 'Omando Ogie Oiyo Takeji', by Kitagawa Utamaro. All Rights Reserved © 2011 padre art . . .




This delightful woodcut can be found ~ with more vintage art & Ukiyo-e, lovingly restored and available now as designs for unique gift ideas ~ at our online shop, 'Padre Art Prints' . . . Festival Costumes

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