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「御即位大礼図」
Illustration of the Imperial Enthronement Ceremony (Go sokui tairei zu)
「御即位大礼図」
Fûgetsu Shôzaemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Taishô era
1915 (Taishô 4), printed October 15, published October 20
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
40 x 55.3 cm (15 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2008.516
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
By 1915, the role of woodblock prints as records of current events had been superseded by lithographic prints and postcards. This color lithograph shows many details of the events connected with the Taishō enthronement ceremony. At the bottom center is an aerial view of the Kyoto Enthronement Commemoration Exhibition, with the emperor’s Phoenix Carriage passing above it. In the top center position is the Shishinden, the main hall of the imperial palace in Kyoto, with banners and colorfully dressed courtiers in position for the ceremony. The throne itself is to the right, and to the left, the Imperial Regalia are carried in. At the center right are the double buildings prepared for the Daijōsai, the third and most sacred part of the enthronement.
DescriptionFûgetsu Shôzaemon was the pen name of the Kyoto scholar and publisher Sawada Issai (1701-82), owner of the bookstore Fûgetsudô; but the name was also used by later publishers.
Signed
Fûgetsu Shôzaemon (artist and publisher; Kyoto)
風月庄左衛門
風月庄左衛門
ProvenancePurchased by Fred Sharf; 2008, given by Fred Sharf to the MFA