Otowaya (Onoe Kikugorô) at Umemoto, by Kunisada Utagawa

An image of Otowaya (Onoe Kikugorô) at Umemoto. Surimono. Utagawa, Kunisada (Japanese 1786-1865). Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment and blind embossing (karazuri). Shikishiban. Signed: Ôjû (by order) Kunisada ga. Poet: Ryûfûtei Shirube no Hanagake. c.1825.

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Otowaya (Onoe Kikugorô) at Umemoto. Surimono. Utagawa, Kunisada (Japanese 1786-1865). Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment and blind embossing (karazuri). Shikishiban. Signed: Ôjû (by order) Kunisada ga. Poet: Ryûfûtei Shirube no Hanagake. c.1825.

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Accession Number: P.496-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 888 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.06MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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