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Triptych: Tsunawatari karuwaza hyoban
(Japan and Korea )
The artist pokes fun at the tightrope walking fad of the 1860s by presenting a veritable traffic jam. Seventeen people vie for space on the four overlapping ropes. Distracted by the confusion, the woman at right does not seem to be aware that someone is peeking up her kimono!
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Provenance
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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
each panel: 14 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (37.78 x 24.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991
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.
95.697