JUNE FINE CHARLESTON SC ESTATES
Lot 161:
Description
This is a vintage Japanese Boys’ Day, cotton, hand-painted nobori banner. Approx 272" long 26" wide Weight 2 lbs. Nobori are traditional Japanese vertical banners that originated in the feudal era, initially serving as military identifiers and evolving into cultural and commercial symbols.Nobori appear frequently in 19th-century ukiyo-e woodblock prints, capturing their role in festive scenes and symbolizing cultural vibrancy through elongated forms fluttering amid crowds. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797?1858), in works like the print depicting Suid?bashi Bridge and Surugadai from his One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series (c. 1856?1858), portrayed vertical nobori banners bearing celebratory inscriptions and portraits of Sh?ki, the demon-quelling deity, to illustrate urban processions and seasonal events.
Condition: good
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