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Title: Suit of armor
Creator: Mihata, Jōryū, fl. 1830-1843
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1830 and 1844]
Publication Information: Japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Annotations/Markings: Signed "Jōryū" followed by two seals at lower left corner. No inscriptions.
Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Patterned Meanings: Iconography and Symbolism in Japanese Dress," curated by Elizabeth Beller, The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, Hanford CA., January 7, 2003-March 29, 2003.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 三畠乗竜 also 上龍. Also, Mihata Jōryō
Acquisition: Clark Family Collection. On long-term loan to the Lee Institute.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 hanging scroll, 84 x 37 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
Late Edo
Ukiyo-e
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb8c6011wz
ucm_li_CL1993_001
Subject: Armor

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