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View full screenPainting in ink and colours on linen of the Ainu iyomante, bear spirit sending ceremony: Japan, Hokkaido, by Hirasawa Byozan, 1875
A.1917.81
Hirasawa Byōzan, 1822 - 1876
Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia
1875
Ainu people, Japanese
Oak wood frame, glass
Previous owner: Anderson, John, Dr, 1833 - 1900
Depicted: Aino Bear Festival
Depicted: Inao stick
Ainu no shiki to seikatsu: Tokachi Ainu to eshi Hirasawa Byozan [The Seasons and Life of the Ainu: Tokachi Ainu and the Painter Hirasawa Byozan] (Hokkaido-ritsu Obihiro Bijutsukan, 1999), p. 87.
Shinmyo Hidehito, 'Ainu fuzokuga no kenyu' - Kinsei Hokkaido ni okeru Ainu to bijutsu [Study of Ainu Genre Painting] (Nakanishi Shuppan, 2011), no. 39