Constitution Ceremony Great Festival: The Royal Phoenix Carriage, A Picture of the Imperial Passage through the Streets of the Capital
Yoshu Chikanobu, Japanese, 1838 - 1912
February 6, 1889 (12th year of the Meiji Era)
Color woodblock print on paper
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 28 11/16 in. (36.8 × 72.8 cm)
Mount: 15 7/16 × 31 9/16 in. (39.2 × 80.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Brook I. Martin and Susan Rae Sampson
2013.60.1
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Cartouche, upper left (title): Constitution Ceremony Great Festival: The Royal Phoenix Carriage; cartouche, upper right (subtitle): A Picture of the Imperial Passage through the Streets of the Capital; cartouche, lower right (publisher): 12th year of the Meiji Era (1889); February 6th / Shitaya District; Shitya ward #12; Publisher: Yokoyama Ryohachi / Small cartouche lower right (artist): Yoshu Chikanobub hitsu (from the brush of Chikanobu) + artist's seal
Course History
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Provenance
Brook I. Martin and Susan Rae Sampson; given to present collection, 2013.
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