Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of a high-ranking samurai wedding party.
Call Number
E Row 1/GC063/Box 06/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01201
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/s7526c547
Publisher
n.d. [mid-19th c.].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1835-1865
Extent
1 item ; sheet 13 x 23 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Unidentified Artist [artist]
Medium: Ink on paper
Depiction: Center arrangement includes representations of Jo and Uba (collectively called Jotomba), who are a mythical couple that represents longevity and marital bliss.
Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Genre painting
Samurai—Japan—In art
Weddings—Japan—In art
Studies (visual works).
Spouses—Japan—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d84e8ee4-4e2a-4e8c-9919-18e53505ff5c/manifest