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See how the men stride in step, black jackets and swinging arms repeated across the sheet, then find the man with a moustache beneath the tallest pole.
Daimyo were regional military rulers. Because the government made them live in Edo in alternate years, their processions along the Tōkaidō road were a frequent sight, the Cleveland Museum of Art explains. In this design of about 1681 to 1684, Moronobu fills a wide sheet with marching retainers. It was printed in black ink, and the pale greens, blues and yellows were added by hand.
Hand-colored woodblock print; oban yoko-e, sumizuri-e · 27.2 × 38.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Procession of a Daimyo
- Artist
- Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese, (?)-1694
- Date
- c. 1681/84
- Medium
- Hand-colored woodblock print; oban yoko-e, sumizuri-e
- Dimensions
- 27.2 × 38.1 cm (10 3/4 × 15 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.