Suicide under the cherry tree
Suicide under the cherry tree

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Suicide under the cherry tree,

19th century

Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2015-5646

Information

Title
Suicide under the cherry tree
Dates

19th century

Medium
Ink on paper
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
2015-5646
Place Made

Japan

Inscription
top (recto) on the garments and around the figure and horse, indicating the color
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
workshop art, drawings
Subject
sketches

–ca. 1890 Purchased by Allan Marquand(?) 1890-ca. 1892 Allan Marquand, by gift or transfer to the Princeton University Art Museum. Note: 1890 (academic year) purchase likely corresponds to an entry in Allan Marquand’s Day Book, p. 43, that records a purchase of Japanese Drawings for $500.

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