Vase with an insect daimyo procession

Vase with an insect daimyo procession
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A small vase with a daimyō procession acted out by insects, lizards and frogs, in the tradition of the Chōjū giga scrolls. Dated c. 1910; dimensions h 11.7 cm. Published: Impey and Fairley (eds.), 1995, cat. 86; J. Earle, Splendors of Imperial Japan, 2002, cat. 101, p. 158. Attribution to Yabu Meizan per the collection’s Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons record (uploaded with Khalili Foundation permission); the maker is not named in the collection page text as fetched. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, London, accession S 107.

Curatorial notes

Attribution to Yabu Meizan per the collection's Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons record (uploaded with Khalili Foundation permission); the maker is not named in the collection page text as fetched.

Literature

Impey and Fairley (eds.), 1995, cat. 86; J. Earle, Splendors of Imperial Japan, 2002, cat. 101, p. 158.

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