Painting on Silk: Samurai Warrior
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Dec 1990
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum Of American History
notes: label: Notes
content: Watercolor on grey silk, late 19th century. Standing figure of a samurai in formal ceremonial dress. The two swords and the "kamishimo" (winged vest worn with skirt) bearing family crest are indicative of his social status. The crest shown is a type known as "hikiryo" (stripe)design-- two white horizontal stripes within a circle. Stripe crest designs are said to have been favored by Edo period military families, thus assuming strong martial connections.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378690
label: USNM Number
content: E431426-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 162.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 54 cm