print
- Museum number
- 1926,0410,0.40.9
- Description
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Hand-coloured woodblock print. No. 11 in a set of twelve. Korean embassy procession: Korean official on horseback, and one on foot, followed by two low-ranking samurai retainers carrying boxes, and four samurai officials. Woodblock on paper with hand-colouring.
- Production date
- 1711
- Dimensions
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Height: 28.70 centimetres (approx.)
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Width: 40.40 centimetres (approx.)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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In set with 1926,0410,0.40.1-8
In set with 1926,0410,0.40.10
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Smith 1988
These are from a series of twelve, of which the first two are missing from the British Museum's set. They were probably intended to be made into a handscroll, in which form they survive in other copies. The Korean embassy of 1711 made a big impression, and these pictures of it were printed on the orders of the military government. The Japanese samurai accompanying the Koreans have shaven heads and some carry swords. The missing first sheet is signed 'Picture by the Eastern Japanese artist Okumura Masanobu'. 'Eastern' refers to the city of Edo. This is one of the earliest works of this major 'Ukiyoe' artist and publisher.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2012 June-September, BM Galleries, 'Japan from Prehistory to the Present'
2021 October - April 2022, BM Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1926,0410,0.40.9
