MAS Museum Online Catalogue

Object number
AE.4552.03-20
Department
World - Asia
Title
First contemplation: The newly departed
Creator
Morishige Kinugasa
Description
Seventeenth-century painting by Japanese artist Morishige depicting a beautiful princess in festive attire and then the various stages in the decomposition of her dead body, until nothing more of her is left.
Production place
Japan
Production date
1670 - 1680
Object name
painting (visual work)
Material
paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1932-04-24
Acquisition method
bequest - Elskamp, Max