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1892.29.26

Holy picture from Isé, colour print of a number of figures sitting and dancing, with a border of small illustrations of objects. [SM 13/10/2008]


1892.29.26

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Collection type
Object
Description
Holy picture from Isé, colour print of a number of figures sitting and dancing, with a border of small illustrations of objects. [SM 13/10/2008]
Long description
Holy picture from Isé, colour print of a number of figures sitting and dancing, with a border of small illustrations of objects. The objects illustrated in the border are things like, swords, looms, musical instruments, shoes etc. The picture is a print that has been coloured using ?watercolour paint. [SM 13/10/2008]
Geographical reference
Ise Mie Prefecture (ken) southern Honshu
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1892
Date collected
Before 1892
Acquisition information
Donated: 1892
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Material Watercolour Paint, Process Printed, Process Stamped, Process Painted
Dimensions
Width: max 573 mm, Length: max 385 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1892.29.26
Research and responses

This object was examined by Professor Itaru Chijiwa during his research visit in November 2008. He stated that the kanji at the bottom right of the print gives the date of printing - 14th December 1889 - and that the title of the picture is Daidai-o-kagura-no-zu [SM 13/11/2008]

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009 as: “Daidai kagura” - the title of the print. [SM 10/02/2009]

Associated publications
This object is referred to in an article by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Notes on Some Minor Japanese Religious Practices, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 22 (1893), pp. 355-370, p.369. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2842134 [El.B 06/06/2012]

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