Armored Noblewoman

Hiroyuki Tajima

1974

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Fan painting with calligraphy
No. 8, from the series Record of the Valiant and Loyal Retainers, Utagawa Kunisada, Published by Yamamotoya Heikichi, ink and color on paper
The inscribed two verses are excerpted from “Dedication to Tianzhu Lingyin Temple in Early Autumn” (《早秋寄題天竺靈隱寺》), a poem written by Jia Dao (779-843, Tang Dynasty).
Bolt of kimono material for woman's kimono, yellow and red