Japanese Print "Ancient Spectacles: Illustration of the Entrance of the Residence of Past Tokugawa Shoguns" by Shogetsu

Artist:Shogetsu

Title:Ancient Spectacles: Illustration of the Entrance of the Residence of Past Tokugawa Shoguns

Date:1889

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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Imperial envoys, dressed in formal court robes, walk along a rush-mat towards the reception rooms at the shogun's residence within Edo Castle. On their way to an audience with the shogun, the Kyoto courtiers are escorted, guarded and welcomed by retainers of the Kondo and Sakai daimyo, whose respective crests of deer horns and oxalis are displayed on curtains. The samurai, dressed in formal kami-shimo costumes, some armed with archery-sets (yumidai) and covered matchlock guns, have been called to serv

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