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Source Description
An annual festival at Uji commemorates the famous battle at Dan-no-ura in 1185. Thousands of fireflies are released from cages. They represent the spirits of the dead Taira and Minamoto warriors. This print is number 14 in Hironobu's series "Dogi Taikoki" ("Record of Great Events").
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
38703
label
Dogi taikoki
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
38703
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Dogi taikoki
description
An annual festival at Uji commemorates the famous battle at Dan-no-ura in 1185. Thousands of fireflies are released from cages. They represent the spirits of the dead Taira and Minamoto warriors. This print is number 14 in Hironobu's series "Dogi Taikoki" ("Record of Great Events").
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
ca. 1865 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.8
height
18.8
dimensionsRaw
10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25.8 x 18.8 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hironobu
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
2359
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
2ab8f5376265e575