Hakamairi People

by j4p4n - uploaded on April 8, 2024, 6:37 am

this is a couple (or brother and sister?) doing Japanese "grave visiting/washing" that often happens during the obon season. This is based on (but modified) a public domain image sourced from publicdomainq.

My original description in 2014 describing the practice on some original clipart:



During the "Obon holidays" here in Japan, one of the things that people do is go wash the family grave. It's a ritual, with a bucket and a scoop to pour water over it.