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Source Description
One of a set of triplets who grows up in the circle of the great calligrapher Sugawara Michizane, Sakuramaru enters the service of a prince. Eventually he performs ritual suicide because he feels responsible for the unjust exiling of Sugawara. Sakuramaru is wearing a cherry-blossom patterned kimono (sakura means "cherry tree").
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Document identity
localId
23929
label
Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
23929
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
description
One of a set of triplets who grows up in the circle of the great calligrapher Sugawara Michizane, Sakuramaru enters the service of a prince. Eventually he performs ritual suicide because he feels responsible for the unjust exiling of Sugawara. Sakuramaru is wearing a cherry-blossom patterned kimono (sakura means "cherry tree").
provenance
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
1852 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
35.1
height
24.1
dimensionsRaw
13 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (35.08 x 24.13 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Toyokuni ga
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14957
3275
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
68ff77971c2aa28d