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Nogaku zue
(Japan and Korea )
Following defeat in battle during Japan's civil wars, Minamoto Tomonaga (1144-60) was bedridden by an inflamed arrow wound. Realizing he was holding back efforts to raise more troops, he asked his father to kill him. Tomonaga's grave was subsequently violated by a member of the enemy Taira clan, and his head was sent to the capital. It is the ghost of Tomonaga, still haunting his grave site, who recites his tale on stage.
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Provenance
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Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by gift.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 3/4 x W: 14 5/8 in. (24.77 x 37.15 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., 1989
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.
95.266