Ashigaru with Tanegashima (Front View), no date

  • Japanese

Watercolor on paper

  • Overall: 22 1/4 × 14 3/4 inches (56.5 × 37.5 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

90.1S6623

Inscribed, in red, upper right: 6623 Inscribed, upper right, vertical, characters. Inscribed, in pencil, in cursive, lower right: Old Japanese | Soldier, Feudal | Times, in his | armor, Zo-hyo-gusoku, | (Front and Back View) | Hand Painted.

Frederick Stearns [1831-1907]

1890-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Japanese, Ashigaru with Tanegashima (Front View), no date, watercolor on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 90.1S6623.