Tokugawa Kago or Palanquin (Sedan Chair)
Unknown, Japanese, Japanese
about 1850-1860
Wood, lacquer, and brass
Overall: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert L. Ripley, Class of 1939H
40.15.12550
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furniture: Seating
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Exhibition History
Critical Faculties: Teaching with the Hood's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 15-March 13, 2005.
Utagawa Hiroshige: The Great Tokaido, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 9-March 14, 1993.
Provenance
Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan, about 1850-1860; collected by Robert L. (born LeRoy Robert) Ripley (1890-1949), Mamaroneck, New York, early 20th century (The Ripley's Believe It or Not Collection); given to present collection, 1940.
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