| Maker(s): | Kobayashi Kiyochika
| | Culture: | Japanese (1847-1915)
| | Title: | Shogatsu gantan daimyo gishiki gyoretsu zu (Daimyo Procession)
| | Date Made: | Feburary 1880 (Meiji 13)
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sight: 14 1/4 in x 9 1/8 in; 36.2 cm x 23.2 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: recto, front cover (embossed): hollyhock mon (emblem); INSCRIPTION: recto, front cover, ctr. (stamp in black ink): Shogatsu gantan daimyo gishiki groretsu zu; SIGNATURE: recto, first leaf, lwr. l. (stamp in black ink): Hoensha Kiyochika; INSCRIPTION: recto, twentieth leaf, lwr. r. (stamp in black ink): Kobayashi Kiyochika; INSCRIPTION: recto, twentieth leaf, lwr. r. (stamp in black ink): Daihei
| | Accession Number: | MH 1949.73.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. George Haws Feltus (Class of 1941)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A Parade in the style of a Daimyo Procession. A procession, in the style of the great processions of feudal lords of the Edo period (1600-1867), before the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on February 23 of the 13th year of the Meiji Era (1880). It is also the year of the dragon, as can be seen by the red kite on the second page by the man crouching on the ground. The front and back cover have the hollyhock mon (emblem) of the Tokygawa clan embossed into it.
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