Ancient Spectacles: Illustration of the Entrance of the Residence of Past Tokugawa Shoguns
Artist
Shogetsu
(Japanese, active late 19th century)
Date1889
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper (oban triptych)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of John Rossetti
Object number2003.141
Label Text2003-04-03: Shogetsu (Kojima Katsumi; Japanese, act. 1870-1900)
Ancient Spectacles: Illustration of the Entrance of the Residence of Past Tokugawa Shoguns
Printed and published in October 1889
Series: "Eastern Brocades"
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; oban triptych
On loan from the collection of John Rossetti
Imperial envoys, dressed in formal court robes, walk along a rush-mat towards the reception rooms at the shogun's residence within Edo Castle. On their way to an audience with the shogun, the Kyoto courtiers are escorted, guarded and welcomed by retainers of the Kondo and Sakai daimyo, whose respective crests of deer horns and oxalis are displayed on curtains. The samurai, dressed in formal kami-shimo costumes, some armed with archery-sets (yumidai) and covered matchlock guns, have been called to servProvenanceOn loan from the collection of John RossettiOn View
Not on view
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