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Two carriages with the Imperial Seal are departing the Imperial Palace.  Nijubashi is seen in the background.  The occupant(s) of the first carriage are unseen, but are assumed to be Emperor Meiji and the Empress, and the occupants who are visible in the second carriage are unknown.

If the emperor is in the first carriage where is the royal phoenix that usually adorns his carriage?  Why are the royal couple not shown as their personages were regularly portrayed in prints since the 1870s?

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#609
Title or Description	Illustration of the Japanese Red Cross Society General Meeting 日本赤十字社總會之図
Artist	Watanabe Nobukazu (1872-1944)
Signature	Yosai Nobukazu ga
Seal	yosai
Publication Date	1908
Publisher	Hasegawa Tsunejirô
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent
Genre	ukiyo-e
Miscellaneous
Format	vertical oban triptych
H x W Paper	14.25 in. x 9.75 in. (36.2 cm x 24.8 cm) each panel
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