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Sketch Model for Portraits of Ashikaga Takauji

足利尊氏像の粉本

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Ink and color on paper

Overall: 38.8 x 55 cm (15 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson 1916.932

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

<em>Kegutsu</em>, or fur shoes, like the ones worn by Takauji were often made of bear fur.

Inscriptions

Inscription

尊氏（漢字）たかうち（ふりがな）

Inscription Translation

Takauji (in kanji), Takauji (in furigana)

Inscription

Ashikaga Taka-uji first of the Ashikaga Shoguns

Inscription Remark

penciled in English near the Japanese inscription

Provenance

?-1916

Mrs. Henry S. [Mary Louisa Southworth] Upson [1859-1944], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1916-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.932