Explore the Provenance about the Ichikawa Omezō as a Pilgrim and Ichikawa Yaozō as a Samurai of this artwork.
The print was donated to the ROM by Sir Edmund Walker (1848–1924), long-time president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and first Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the ROM. Walker began collecting Japanese art in the 1870s, making him one of the earliest North American collectors. He bought many pieces in New York in the 1870s and '80s, and during a trip to London in 1909. In 1919, after travelling to Japan, China and Korea, he was named Honorary Consul-General of Japan for Toronto.
Sir Edmund Walker Canadian Bank of Commerce