Samurai Horse Procession (Uma zoroi 馬揃), from the series “Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)” (Chiyoda no on-omote 千代田之御表)
Samurai Horse Procession (Uma zoroi 馬揃), from the series “Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)” (Chiyoda no on-omote 千代田之御表)

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Samurai Horse Procession (Uma zoroi 馬揃), from the series “Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)” (Chiyoda no on-omote 千代田之御表),

1897 [Meiji 30], March

Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延, 1838–1912
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2005-90.28 a-c

Information

Title
Samurai Horse Procession (Uma zoroi 馬揃), from the series “Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)” (Chiyoda no on-omote 千代田之御表)
Dates

1897 [Meiji 30], March

Maker
Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延
Medium
Nishiki-e album, ōban tate-e; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
sheet (each): 23.8 x 35.4 cm. (9 3/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the estate of Dorothy Ellice Edwards Martz
Object Number
2005-90.28 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed bottom right Yōshū Chikanobu 揚州周延
Marks/Labels/Seals
Round red seal bottom right with the character Yō 揚
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
albums, nishiki-e, prints
Materials
oban, nishiki-e, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)

–1975 Gertrude Ellice Edwards (UK?), by gift to Dorothy Ellice Edwards Martz (West Windsor, NJ), 1975.
1975–2005 Arthur M. Martz, executor (West Windsor, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2005.

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