Description
A priest raises a gohei, a ritual implement with zig-zag strips of white paper attached to a staff, while the surrounding figures reverentially bow in a moonlit ceremony honoring Emperor Sanjo (976–1017, reigned 1012–16).
Provenance
(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) (1977-?); The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1985); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1985-)
Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse
1835–36
Accession Number
1985.326
Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
Overall: 25.6 x 37.3 cm (10 1/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
Gift of J. H. Wade
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