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Procession of Daimyo (Feudal Lords)

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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Date
prior to 1880
Medium
silk
Catalogue Number
SeP.15.01
Description
A three-dimensional silk scene of various insects in procession depicting a feudal lord going up to the capital city. The insects and all elements of the picture are hand made of silk on a silk background. Extremely fine work, exceptional detail. Leading the procession are 3 grasshoppers (heralds) …
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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Title
Procession of Daimyo (Feudal Lords)
Date
prior to 1880
Medium
silk
Dimensions
40.0 x 84.0 cm
Description
A three-dimensional silk scene of various insects in procession depicting a feudal lord going up to the capital city. The insects and all elements of the picture are hand made of silk on a silk background. Extremely fine work, exceptional detail. Leading the procession are 3 grasshoppers (heralds) followed by: 2 wasps carrying blue flowers, 2 crickets carrying morning glory flowers, 2 grasshoppers (big and strong) carrying biggest standards, 2 mantis carrying chest, 4 bearers (grasshoppers, 2 carrying, 2 backups) carrying a golden beetle (feudal lord) in a fine insect cage, 8 dancers (wasps), one lagging behind, 1 large grasshopper bearing beetle (parade marshall), 11 wasps and grasshoppers carrying food staples. i.e. honeycone, rice, wheat, beans, persimmon hill left foreground and right background with light brush strokes depicting grasses. Gold powder used as scenery highlights. Ref. pp 14-15, Vol.I,E.S. Morse Japan Day by Day, Houghton Mifflin Co., Riverside Press Cambridge, Boston and New York, 1917. Same artist, Seppo, made fans 103.08.0261 in Whyte House - WH-U2 sw.
Subject
mythological
insect
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SeP.15.01
Images
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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Date
1870 – 1890
Medium
wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.08.0261 a,b
Description
Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with …
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Artist
Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)
Title
fan
Date
1870 – 1890
Medium
wood; fibre
Dimensions
0.7 x 23.0 x 35.8 cm
Description
Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with insect cage, hunting in reeds. Ladies and cage quilted to create relief. Calligraphy and chop mark on right, obverse plain. Both fans are fabric over bamboo or reed with painted and appliqued designs.
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0261 a,b
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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