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2162 Pigment and gold leaf on silk. Originally Provenance:
LARGE SCROLL WITH SAMURAI SHIPS mounted as large hand roll, later cut for - Private collection of Prof. Siegfried
OF THE ASANO CLAN. framing. Original mounting preserved. Wichmann (1921 - 2015). Expert on 19th
GROßES QUERROLLBILD MIT In the Edo period, the Daimyô, the c. painting, Spitzweg and Japonism.
SAMURAI - SCHIFFEN DES sovereigns, were obliged to pay the Among others author of: “Japonisme. The
ASANO - CLANS. Shogun an annual visit, called sankin Japanese Influence on Western Art Since
Japan. Late Edo period. 18th/19th c. kôtai. These journeys where celebrated 1858”. 1967 Professor at the Academy
with great pomp and precious equipment. Karlsruhe. 1985 - 89 Director of the
Here is a Daimyô of the Asano clan on a Bavarian National Museum Munich.
gozabune, lit. ‘Ship with honorary seat’
in company of numerous followers on € 6.000 – 10.000 | $ 6.660 – 11.100
further ships on the way. All ships carry
curtains with coats of arms (mon) of the
Asano clan with crossed falcon feathers
in a circle (maru ni chigai taka no ha).
68 x 430cm. Condition A/B. Greyed, a few
spots.

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