"Seattle Obon Sketches", Tina Koyama

This is a scene from Obon, a festival where we honor our ancestors.

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Photo by Joe Mabel

Photo by Joe Mabel

1. Describe the figures. What are they wearing? What are they doing?
2. If you were in this drawing, what sounds would you hear?

This is a recording of a song called “Tanko Bushi”, one of the traditional folk songs we dance to during Obon.

Audio from Buddhist Church of San Francisco

3. Do you like to dance? What kind of music do you like to dance to?

Learn more about this piece

This piece was drawn in 2016 by Seattle-based artist Tina Koyama. Koyama is part of Urban Sketchers, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting on-location sketching.