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Young Woman Carries Adorned Pole for a Procession

Utagawa Toyohiro

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Processions of the daimyos, or feudal lords, who frequently traveled with elaborate retinues from their home states to make appearances at the court of the shogun, provided popular spectacles for the people of Edo. Toyohiro often treated the theme of the daimyo procession, sometimes replacing members of a retinue with beautiful women who bear flags or other emblems of authority, such as the pole carried by this figure. This image comes from a series that included at least fifteen different designs.

Caption

Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). Young Woman Carries Adorned Pole for a Procession, ca. 1805–6. Woodblock print, narrow koban tate-e surimono-style printing, 9 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (23.5 x 8.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace in memory of her husband, Dr. Stanley L. Wallace, 2002.121.5. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Young Woman Carries Adorned Pole for a Procession

Date

ca. 1805–6

Period

Edo Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Woodblock print, narrow koban tate-e surimono-style printing

Classification

Print

Dimensions

9 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (23.5 x 8.6 cm)

Signatures

Signed: "Toyohiro"

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace in memory of her husband, Dr. Stanley L. Wallace

Accession Number

2002.121.5

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Artists and makers

Utagawa Toyohiro

4 works in the collection