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Dai Nippon meisho kagami
1886 (Meiji)
pigments on mulberry paper
(Japan and Korea )
(Japan and Korea )
On this print, Raiko (Minamoto no Yorimitsu) slays Shutendoji (the Great Drunkard Boy) with the help of his four retainers, Watanabe no Tsuna, Urabe no Suyetake, Usui Sadamitsu, and Sakata no Kintoki (shi-ten). The title is in a vertical rectangular cartouche on the left at the top. A text is attached on the left closest to the corner of the print. The signature and seal are in a vertical cartouche.
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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.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by gift.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., 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.
95.434