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Ippodo Gallery, New York, is pleased to welcome you to Kōgei: The Art of Japanese Craft, a selection of crafts that celebrate summer and the Obon holiday season.

The Japanese festival of Obon traces back to ancient Chinese and Buddhist rituals that honor one’s ancestors. During the holiday, from August 13th to 15th, many families visit ancestral graves and float paper lanterns with candles and incense down rivers and streams, representing the passing of the soul into the afterlife. Obon also signifies the season from late July through August when temples, shrines, neighborhoods, and schools …