Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of a samurai holding the blade of his sword with studies of legs and arms.
Call Number
E Row 1/GC063/Box 06/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01197
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/gf06g278p
Publisher
n.d. [mid-19th c.].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1835-1865
Extent
1 item ; sheet 25.1 x 16.3 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Ink on paper
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
Studies (visual works).

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a5c60485-62f1-4a0a-a112-4a0ab5cee95f/manifest