PICTURE SCROLLS:"JAPANESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS"(*)
Scroll:"Spring and Summer"

Storage No.Item and SubjectScene(s)Compartment

S-16-1-1Scroll:"Spring and Summer" 10
Hina doll festival(*)A festival for girls, March 3rd
Vernal Equinox DayA visit to a grave
Sowing seedUsing a cultivator
Rape blossomChildren catching butterflies in a field
School entrance ceremonyApril 1st. Japanese flag. Cherry blossoms
Spring nightCherry blossom at night. First night-time baseball game of
season. Scenes in a park.
May DayMay 1st. May Day parade and people on an excursion
Children's Day(*)May 5th. Festival for boys with carp streamers
(koinobori). Hiking. Iris pond
Picking teaOn the 88th day from the beginning of spring
Rice transplantingYoung plants are moved to the flooded rice paddies
The rainy seasonLasts about one month from early June.
Spattering mud. End of rainy season-rooftop
beer gardens open
Gion festivalJuly 17th. Procession of festival floats in Kyoto
MidsummerSunflowers. Sea bathing
Bon festivalAugust 16th. A spectacular bonfire in the shape
of the character dai(great) is lit on the side of Mt.
Nyoigatake, Kyoto. Viewed from a tea-house terrace
over the Kamo River