Gosenko no zu (Emperor Kokaku in procession from Seigoin Temple to the Imperial Palace on 1790.11.22)

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Ishida Yutei (Moriyoshi) (1754-1793)
Gosenko no zu (Emperor Kokaku in procession from Seigoin Temple to the Imperial Palace on 1790.11.22)
Signed Hokkyo Tanshinsai Fujiwara Moriyoshi sha and sealed Moriyoshi
Set of five handscrolls; ink and color on paper
Vol. 1: 14½ x 414¼in. (36.8 x 1,052.1cm.); vol. 2: 14½ x 376 7/8in. (36.8 x 957.2cm.); vol. 3: 14½ x 390½in. (36.8 x 991.5cm.); vol. 4: 14½ x 367¼in. (36.8 x 932.6cm.); vol. 5: 14½ x 415¾in. (36.8 x 1,058.5cm.) (5)

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Yutei is the son of Ishida Yutei Morinao (1721-1786) who was the teacher of Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795). He painted sliding doors (fusuma) for the newly renovated imperial palace in Kyoto, and he would have seen this procession. When the palace burned in Tenmei 8 (1788), Emperor Kokaku moved to Seigoin Temple. The palace was rebuilt in 1790.

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