Dai Nihon rokuju yo kyo no uchi
(Japan and Korea )
This print, subtitled "Hizen Province," and Walters 95.77, are both from a series entitled "The Sixty-Odd Provinces of Japan." The series consists of "mitate" (imaginary) theatrical scenes, each one assigned the name of a province. The subject of this scene has not yet been identified.
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Provenance
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Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)
Measurements
7 x 9 7/16 in. (17.8 x 24 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1986
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.80