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進水式の餅投げ（餅まき）
Tossing Mochi (mochinage or mochimaki) at the Launching Celebration for a Ship (jinsuishiki)
進水式の餅投げ（餅まき）
Japanese
Edo period
about late 1790s–early 1800s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.3 x 75.6 cm (15 1/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7780-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7780 (left), 21.7781 (center), 21.7782 (right)
Mochinage, the traditional good-luck custom of throwing balls of soft rice pastry (mochi) from a high place to a waiting crowd, is still sometimes practiced today for festive events such as the completion of the framework for a new building with the placement of the ridgepole. (Nowadays the snacks and small gifts that are tossed to the crowd are in plastic bags.)
Mochinage, the traditional good-luck custom of throwing balls of soft rice pastry (mochi) from a high place to a waiting crowd, is still sometimes practiced today for festive events such as the completion of the framework for a new building with the placement of the ridgepole. (Nowadays the snacks and small gifts that are tossed to the crowd are in plastic bags.)
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.