Ryogoku Bosetsu (Evening Snow at Ryogoku), by Katsuhika Hokusai

An image of Ryogoku Bosetsu. Hokusai, Katsushika. Colour print from woodblocks, koban. Signed: zen Hokusai aratame Iitsu ga. Publisher's seal: Akamutsuya Shotaro. From the series Edo hakkei (Eight views of Edo) published by Akamatsuya Shotaro, c.1833. This series of eight koban format prints was published by Akamatsuya Shotaro, c.1833, during the publication of the Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Japanese; Ukiyo-e. c.1833.

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Ryogoku Bosetsu. Hokusai, Katsushika. Colour print from woodblocks, koban. Signed: zen Hokusai aratame Iitsu ga. Publisher's seal: Akamutsuya Shotaro. From the series Edo hakkei (Eight views of Edo) published by Akamatsuya Shotaro, c.1833. This series of eight koban format prints was published by Akamatsuya Shotaro, c.1833, during the publication of the Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Japanese; Ukiyo-e. c.1833.

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Accession Number: P.261-1955
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 578 pixels
Image width: 760 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.2 (Windows)
Filesize: 201.48kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2012:09:05 16:26:02

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19th Century Artist/Maker Country of origin Date Department Edo Period Fitz_PDP Hokusai Interior/Exterior Japan Japanese Katsushika Hokusai Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Winter Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd boats border bridge crowded crowds exterior fish fisherman fishermen fishing frosty frozen janomegasa koban print river roof tops roofs seasons snowing snowy towns townscape trade ukiyo-e umbrellas woodblock woodcut

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