Object Details
- Label
- This triptych depicts a strategic meeting of commanders of Japan's imperial army, which has been given the responsibility of suppressing the rebellion led by Saigo Takamori (1827-77), a samurai from Kagoshima. On the table is a map of Kyushu, from where Saigo began his campaign against the imperial government in his native Kagoshima Prefecture.
- Provenance
- From the 1960s to 1999
- Elizabeth D. Woodbury, Japan and Alexandria, VA, purchased in Japan in the 1960s [1]
- From 1999
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Elizabeth D. Woodbury in 1999
- Notes:
- [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Elizabeth D. Woodbury
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周信 (1838-1912)
- Date
- June 1877
- Period
- Meiji era
- Credit Line
- Gift--the Elizabeth D. Woodbury collection of prints from Meiji Japan
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 35.9 x 72.5 cm (14 1/8 x 28 9/16 in)
- Type
