Japanese funeral customs: the cortège proceeds towards the temple. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
- Date:
- 1880
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- 565803i
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Left, a Buddhist monk leads the procession, immediately followed by two attendants carrying lanterns on long poles; six robed men with swords in their belts follow in front of the palanquin which is carried by eight attendants; seven men in samurai costumes walk behind the palanquin; at the back several attendants follow carrying two chests (?) and a drum (?) hanging from a short pole
Publication/Creation
1880
Physical description
1 painting : ink, watercolour and gouache ; image and border 13.7 x 21.2 cm
Lettering
Bears number on backing paper: [shichi (7)]
Notes
On the same backing sheet as record number 565798i in this catalogue
Number seven of a series of sixteen paintings on Japanese funeral customs (Wellcome Library nos. 565661i, 565773i, 565779i, 565783i, 565793i, 565798i, 565803i, 565813i, 565911i, 565929i, 565935i, 565937i, 565939i, 565943i, 565944i, and 565952i)
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Wellcome Collection 565803i
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