Review of Troops at the Aoyama Training Grounds

Utagawa Kunimasa V (Baidō Kokunimasa) Japanese

February 1889

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This triptych, which shows the emperor in a horse-drawn carriage reviewing troops, combines a variety of nationalist emblems. Lofty Mount Fuji in the background is set off by a middleground of lozenge-shaped pink and purple clouds and a display of imperial Japanese flags.

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梅堂小国政画「青山練兵場観兵式之圖」
Title: Review of Troops at the Aoyama Training Grounds
Artist: Utagawa Kunimasa V (Baidō Kokunimasa) (Japanese, 1874–1944)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: February 1889
Culture: Japan
Medium: One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Triptych 13 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. (35 x 70.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Object Number: JP3217
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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