Commemorative Portfolio
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- Date
- prior to 1935
- Material
- silk; paper; ivory; cardboard; wood; ink
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0098
- Description
- An album containing reproductions of 40 mural paintings dedicated to the Japanese Emperor Meiji Tenno. The full page colour murals depict important events in his lifetime. The album is made of silk brocade reinforced with paper and help in a wooden and cardboard box made to look like a larger album…
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- Title
- Commemorative Portfolio
- Date
- prior to 1935
- Material
- silk; paper; ivory; cardboard; wood; ink
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- An album containing reproductions of 40 mural paintings dedicated to the Japanese Emperor Meiji Tenno. The full page colour murals depict important events in his lifetime. The album is made of silk brocade reinforced with paper and help in a wooden and cardboard box made to look like a larger album. The box is covered in gold brocade silk and has Japanese characters on the front. The box is held closed by two ivory clasps on one side.
- Subject
- Japan
- Emperor Meiji Tenno
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0098
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