Dogi taikoki

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description An annual festival at Uji commemorates the famous battle at Dan-no-ura in 1185. Thousands of fireflies are released from cages. They represent the spirits of the dead Taira and Minamoto warriors. This print is number 14 in Hironobu's series "Dogi Taikoki" ("Record of Great Events").

Provenance Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.

Inscriptions [Signature] Hironobu

Credit Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1986

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Creator

Hironobu (Japanese, active 1851-1870) (Artist)

Period

ca. 1865 (late Edo)

Medium

mulberry paper, color, ink
(Prints)

Accession Number

95.81

Measurements

10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25.8 x 18.8 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View