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Yokozo and Jihizo fight in a snowy bamboo grove for possession of secret military plans. They are brothers who are partisans of opposing clans. The series title in the red cartouche is "The Sixty-Odd Provinces of Japan, Echigo."

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Document identity
localId
8867
label
Dai Nihon rokuju yo kyo no uchi
core
obj
dtoType
print
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
8867
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Dai Nihon rokuju yo kyo no uchi
description
Yokozo and Jihizo fight in a snowy bamboo grove for possession of secret military plans. They are brothers who are partisans of opposing clans. The series title in the red cartouche is "The Sixty-Odd Provinces of Japan, Echigo."
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
ca. 1852 (late Edo)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18
height
24.2
dimensionsRaw
7 1/16 x 9 1/2 in. (18 x 24.2 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] On print: Kunikazu; [Transcription] In red cartouche: The Sixty-Odd Provinces of Japan
Echigo
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
3707
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
e63b6b40cc993ab7