Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of a samurai with raised sword preparing to behead a restrained elderly woman.
Call Number
E Row 1/GC063/Box 05/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01188
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/kd17cs97r
Publisher
n.d. [1890s].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1890
Extent
1 item ; sheet 19.7 x 26.5 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
Beheading—Japan—In art
Executions and executioners—Japan—In art
Samurai—Japan—In art
Studies (visual works).
Older men—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/fa6b53f3-2c49-47f1-9a54-fe96dd25fd2b/manifest