Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

KOCHI, Japan - One of a 19th-century painter's works drawn on folding screens is illuminated by a candle below the eves of a shop on the shopping streets of Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, at the annual "Ekin Festival" on July 19, 2014. The painter, Hirose Kinzo, is known as Ekin (short for "eshi" or painter Kinzo).

Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

KOCHI, Japan - A 19th-century painter's works depicting agonies often seen in a kabuki drama are displayed at night on candlelit folding screens on the shopping streets of Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 19, 2014. The painter, Hirose Kinzo, is known as Ekin (short for "eshi" or painter Kinzo) and the two-day event as the "Ekin Festival."

Young women view folding screen painting at west Japan summer festa

Young women view folding screen painting at west Japan summer festa

Young women clad in "yukata" summer kimono look at a folding screen painting hung under the eaves of a store during the annual Ekin Matsuri festival in Kona, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 18, 2015. The festival features folding screens with theatrical figures from feudal times drawn by painter Hirose Kinzo (1812-1876) displayed on shopping streets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

People view folding screen painting at west Japan summer festival

People view folding screen painting at west Japan summer festival

People look at a folding screen painting hung under the eaves of a store during the annual Ekin Matsuri festival in Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 18, 2015. The festival features folding screens with theatrical figures from feudal times drawn by painter Hirose Kinzo (1812-1876) displayed on shopping streets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

KOCHI, Japan - A 19th-century painter's works depicting agonies often seen in a kabuki drama are displayed at night on candlelit folding screens on the shopping streets of Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 19, 2014. The painter, Hirose Kinzo, is known as Ekin (short for "eshi" or painter Kinzo) and the two-day event as the "Ekin Festival." (Kyodo)

Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

Festival featuring 19th-century Japanese painter's works

KOCHI, Japan - One of a 19th-century painter's works drawn on folding screens is illuminated by a candle below the eves of a shop on the shopping streets of Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, at the annual "Ekin Festival" on July 19, 2014. The painter, Hirose Kinzo, is known as Ekin (short for "eshi" or painter Kinzo). (Kyodo)