Japanese Print "Returning To His Yashiki" by Rekisentei Eiri
Artist:Rekisentei Eiri
Title:Returning To His Yashiki
Date:about 1796
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Description:
This mitate-e (likening picture) is a travesty of an actual scene. A young lord, apparently either a hatamoto (member of the Shogun's body guard) or the sone of a daimyo, is shown returningto the family yashiki (mansion) located between the outer and the inner moats of the Shogun's castle. Instead of men all of the attendants in his train
