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Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi no Uchi
1852 (late Edo)
mulberry paper, pigments
(Japan and Korea )
(Japan and Korea )
The outlaw Goemon escapes after committing numerous crimes and continues to pursue the life of a brigand. However, he is captured and sentenced by the general Hisayoshi to public execution by being cast into a cauldron of boiling oil in Kyoto.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
13 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (35.08 x 24.13 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990
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.
95.761
