Boy's Festival, 1830s, Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, 35 3/4 ¡Ñ 14 1/8 in. (90.81 ¡Ñ 35.88 cm) (image), Ink and color on silk, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, Utagawa Kunisada¡¦s painting captures a typical scene during Boy¡¦s Day, a festival expressing a community¡¦s aspirations for the health and well-being of their male children. Three children dance around a half-clad man, who holds up a puppet of a famous warrior placed on a black pedestal. Above and behind them is a large banner with Sh?ki, the Demon Queller; a similar one hangs nearby in this room.