Shitennō daitsū jitate 四天王大通仕達

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 ORB 30/3283
  • Former Reference
    • GB 59 Tuke: A14
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1782
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 2 volumes. Illustrations: Sumizuri illustrations. Binding: 2 volumes sewn together. Original yellow covers retained. Titles slips missing. Seals of ownership: ''式三馬'' (square red seal) [seal of Shikitei Sanba]. ''ST'' (overlapping in a square seal) [seal of Samuel Tuke].

Scope and Content

Author: Korewasai 是和齋; artist: Shunrō 春朗 [= Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北齋]. Title on hanshin: Rashōmon らしやう門. Colophon on last page of volume 2: 是和齋戯作 / 春朗畫. Date Tenmei 2 [1804]. Description: 2 kan. vol.1: ff. 5, vol.2: ff. 5. Blockprint. Manuscript notes on front cover: 北斎画 / 天明二壬寅年. Contents: A kibyōshi novel.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from E. W. Tuke on 24 May 1939.