diptych print
- Museum number
- 1926,0511,0.2
- Title
- Object: Shotoku yon shigatsu aratame o-sobike gyoretsu-zoroi 正徳四 四月改 御組火消行列揃 (The Procession of the Companies of Firemen, Fourth Month, 1714)
- Description
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Woodblock-printed diptych with hand-colouring. Procession of Edo fire service; ten companies depicted in top row with their dates of foundation, districts, crests, stipends and other details. Inscribed, signed and marked.
- Production date
- 1714 (forth month)
- Dimensions
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Height: 32 centimetres
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Width: 54 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Smith 1988
This print shows a procession of the Edo (Tokyo) fire service. The presence of a date and a censor's mark indicate that this was an official government commission, since such censorship did not become general until the 1790s. The fire service was set up in 1658 following a major Edo fire. The ten companies depicted in the top row are shown with their dates of foundation, districts, crests, stipends and other details. The print is signed 'The Japanese artist Kondo Kiyonobu'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1926,0511,0.2
