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Source Description
Three characters are depicted from an unidentified play. The samurai (at right) seems to be engaged in a conversation with characters who would appear in the triptych to the right of him. His attendant in the lower left holds a lantern. Behind a sliding door a man listens to the conversation.
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Document identity
localId
16623
label
Spying on a Samurai
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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16623
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object
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normalized
title
Spying on a Samurai
description
Three characters are depicted from an unidentified play. The samurai (at right) seems to be engaged in a conversation with characters who would appear in the triptych to the right of him. His attendant in the lower left holds a lantern. Behind a sliding door a man listens to the conversation.
provenance
C. R. Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques Shop, Timonium, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Carolyn Smith, 1990, by purchase [from C. R. Snell]; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by gift.
date
1853 (Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
color woodcuts
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1
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1
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import
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Utagawa School
inscriptions
[Signature] Toyokuni ga; [Date Seal] Ushi roku; [Date Seal Translation] 1853 (06/1853)
med
color pigments and ink on mulberry paper
creator_ids
3275
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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