Fighting Festival, Inui Tai

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Inui Tai, Fighting Festival
1980s, Showa period (1926–1989)
born 1929
Fighting Festival, 1980s, Showa period (1926–1989)
Portfolio/Series title: #1447
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 857 x 904 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 33 3/4 x 35 9/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 963 x 968 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 963 x 968 mm
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 42 3/4 x 44 1/2 x 1 1/4 in
Weight (Weight): 18 lbs
Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund
Accession number: 2006.0098
Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Japan Re-imagined/Post-war Art," Mar-2008, Kris Ercums Throughout his career, Inui Tai has valorized a traditional lifestyle, choosing to create work dealing with pre-industrialized Japan. In this large-scale print he captures the frenzied Nada Fighting Festival (灘の喧嘩祭り)held every October at the Matsubara Shrine located outside of Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. Divided into groups according to age, teams engage in a fierce contest, attempting to topple the shrines of rival teams. The result of the contest—when one shrine emerges victorious—is used to predict the harvest and fortune for the coming year.