Edo jô tôjô fûkei zu byôbu
A folding screen depicting daimyo approaching the Inner Sakuradamon of Edo Castle. The artist is Ôsuga Kiyomitsu of Aizu Wakamatsu, and shows a view from the perspective of looking out from the Aizu han kami yashiki ("upper mansion").
It depicts processions of a number of daimyo with their retainer entourages, including the lords of Matsue han on the 7th panel of the screen, those of Okayama on the 1st panel; Yonezawa, Chôshû, and Hiroshima on the 3rd panel; Fukuoka on the 4th; Kurume on the 5th; Tottori on the 6th; Satsuma on the 7th; and Sendai on the 8th, along with commoners gathered to see the spectacle, and porters and merchants targeting them as consumers.
Daimyo were only allowed to take a very limited number of men with them through the Ôtemon gate of the castle, so most of these samurai are simply waiting for their lords to return. So they sit gambling, drinking, napping, and so forth.
Edo jô tôjô fûkei zu byôbu
A folding screen depicting daimyo approaching the Inner Sakuradamon of Edo Castle. The artist is Ôsuga Kiyomitsu of Aizu Wakamatsu, and shows a view from the perspective of looking out from the Aizu han kami yashiki ("upper mansion").
It depicts processions of a number of daimyo with their retainer entourages, including the lords of Matsue han on the 7th panel of the screen, those of Okayama on the 1st panel; Yonezawa, Chôshû, and Hiroshima on the 3rd panel; Fukuoka on the 4th; Kurume on the 5th; Tottori on the 6th; Satsuma on the 7th; and Sendai on the 8th, along with commoners gathered to see the spectacle, and porters and merchants targeting them as consumers.
Daimyo were only allowed to take a very limited number of men with them through the Ôtemon gate of the castle, so most of these samurai are simply waiting for their lords to return. So they sit gambling, drinking, napping, and so forth.