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The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties, by Utamaro

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An image of Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki.(The Chûshingura drama parodied by famous beauties: a set of twelve prints). Utamaro, Kitagawa (Japanese, c.1756-1806). Woodcut . Ukiyo-e. Colour print from a folding album with silk covers containing the set of 12 woodblock ôban prints, each sheet c.387 x 257 mm. Signed (each sheet): Utamaro hitsu. Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô. circa 1795.

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Kômei bijin mitate Chûshingura junimai tsuzuki.(The Chûshingura drama parodied by famous beauties: a set of twelve prints). Utamaro, Kitagawa (Japanese, c.1756-1806). Woodcut . Ukiyo-e. Colour print from a folding album with silk covers containing the set of 12 woodblock ôban prints, each sheet c.387 x 257 mm. Signed (each sheet): Utamaro hitsu. Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô. circa 1795.

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  • Accession Number: P.348-1945
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/20.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 701 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 774.58kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2013:03:05 14:35:16

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