- Flowering Grasses - Japanese Festival The print is signed “T

The print is signed “T

There are very faint ink smudge on the lower left margin which will be matted out

Fudō Myōō is an incarnation of a supreme being in Buddhism which was sent to this world to bring salvation to the masses

come out in the mornings and fall in the evenings during the rainy season

III) by Mitsuru Hiraki (b

- Flowering Grasses - Japanese Festival The print is signed “TThe beautiful woodblock print Flowering Grasses is by Kuninao Utagawa (17931854). The print is in a horizontal round fan (uchiwa e) format, depicting the moon and flowering grasses in autumn. The cultivated chrysanthemums in three colors enhance the tender, seasonal atmosphere. This is a graceful and refined Japanese design featuring the classic moon viewing (tsukimi) theme. In Japan, it is a tradition to arrange autumn flowers in a vase and enjoy the