TYPE: Broadside (Kawaraban)
DIMENSIONS: 15 1/3 X 20 1/2 inches
NOTES: Rare.
ITEM ID: 1226
Fortune Telling Broadside
DATE
Decade: 1840s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
A handbook or an almanac of directional divination.
Japanese woodblock print fortune telling kawaraban broadside. This was sold on the street to be used to tell your own fortune.
Scholar Anya Ando commented, “A handbook or an almanac of directional divination.”
Asia/Africa
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
