hanging scroll;
painting
- Museum number
- 1881,1210,0.221
- Description
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Painting, hanging scroll. Visit of the emperor to Sumiyoshi, depicting a carriage by the sea-shore surrounded by nobles. Ink and colour on silk. Signed and sealed.
- Production date
- 1780-1814
- Dimensions
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Height: 228.50 centimetres (mount)
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Height: 128.50 centimetres
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Width: 92.50 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 68 centimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1881
- Acquisition notes
- The collection of over 2,000 Japanese and Chinese paintings assembled by Prof. William Anderson during his residency in Japan, 1873-1880, was acquired by the Museum in 1881. The items were not listed in the register, but rather were published separately as the 'Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese Paintings in the British Museum' (Longmans & Co, 1886).
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1881,1210,0.221
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Jap.Ptg.275 (Japanese Painting Number)