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Source Description
The 12th-century military leader Saito Sanemori was killed at the age of seventy-two in the battle of Shinowara. Before the battle, having a premonition that he would not return alive, he had requested permission to wear a general's red brocade robe. He had also dyed his gray hair black in order to appear more youthful. In this print, Sanemori's ghost is shown relating his story. In a small square, we see Sanemori having his beard dyed.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
2421
label
Nogaku zue
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
2421
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Nogaku zue
description
The 12th-century military leader Saito Sanemori was killed at the age of seventy-two in the battle of Shinowara. Before the battle, having a premonition that he would not return alive, he had requested permission to wear a general's red brocade robe. He had also dyed his gray hair black in order to appear more youthful. In this print, Sanemori's ghost is shown relating his story. In a small square, we see Sanemori having his beard dyed.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by gift.
date
1899 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.8
height
37.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 3/4 x W: 14 5/8 in. (24.77 x 37.15 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Kogyo
med
pigments on mulberry paper
creator_ids
14996
6252
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
bb1227e76856c6d1