Act I, Sugawara

Description

Sugawara no. 1: Scene at the Palace of Shishiden, Kyoto. Tokihira, seated at the top of a flight of steps, receiving the Chinese Ambassador, who prostrates himself before him; on Tokihira's right is seated Michizane as 'Minister of the Right', and behind, hidden by a partly rolled-up screen, is the Emperor. On each side of the pathway leading to the steps squat the imperial bodyguard of archers.

Metadata

Identifier w8889dmv
IRN 397419
Class Mark ART 090/2/1
Level File
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/w8889dmv
Collection(s) Special Collections Art
Category Archive Art
Technique woodcut
Medium print
Support paper
Object width 370mm height 250mm
Parent Record Sugawara, Sadahide
Creator(s) Utagawa, Sadahide
Date 1820-1867
Size and Medium woodcut print

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