Daimyo Procession to Edo

Hishikawa School

Not on view

Stylistic comparison suggests that this deluxe handscroll painted on silk, though unsigned, was made in the workshop of painter and print artist Moronobu. It captures the pageantry of a grand procession: a daimyo, or feudal lord, and his entourage are en route from their home province to Edo (present-day Tokyo), the military capital of the day.



A special aspect of this depiction of a daimyo’s official delegation is the group of four wakashu (male youths) on elaborately saddled horses attended by grooms; we may assume that these were favorite attendants of the daimyo. Same-sex relationships between elite samurai and wakashu are well documented, but it is rare to see an allusion to it in an official work such as this.



On view from March 8, 2021–May 31, 2021

Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan

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Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan
Daimyo Procession to Edo, Hishikawa School, Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan

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