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Tokyo meisho sanjuroku gisen
1872 (Meiji)
mulberry paper, pigments
(Japan and Korea )
(Japan and Korea )
In the pleasure district of Shinyoshiwara a man dressed in the new Western style amuses people by walking on the balcony railing of a geisha house.
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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, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
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.
95.671