6796B

Rex Abissinarum (The King of the Abyssinians)

Artist: Unidentified Momoyama-Edo Artist
Title: Rex Abissinarum (The King of the Abyssinians)
Date: Early 17th century
Medium: Ink and paint on gold-leaf pressed onto a vermillion ground over paper. Attached to two leaves of a four-leaf folding screen.
Location: Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan. Formerly in the collections of Ikenaga Tsutomu, Maebara Issei, and the Matsudeira family of Aizu.
Photo Source: Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan. Formerly in Aizu Wakamatsu (Tsuruga) Castle.
Correspondence Credit: Suntory Museum of Art
Item: 6796B