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The women strolling by the pond in Yanagiwara are amused by a monk's overreaction to a tug on his sleeve. He, no doubt, is remembering stories of monks pursued by possessed women.

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Document identity
localId
1329
label
Tokyo kaika kyoga meisho
core
obj
dtoType
print
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
1329
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Tokyo kaika kyoga meisho
description
The women strolling by the pond in Yanagiwara are amused by a monk's overreaction to a tug on his sleeve. He, no doubt, is remembering stories of monks pursued by possessed women.
provenance
C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
date
1881 (Meiji)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.8
height
24.1
dimensionsRaw
7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.78 x 24.13 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[signature] yoshitoshi; [signature] oju yoshitoshi giga [drew for fun]yanagiwara namagusa bozu no okubyo; [Translation] The scaring of a depraved monk in Yanagiwara
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
15058
4514
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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