Block-cutting and printing surimono, by Hokusai

An image of Print / Surimono. Block-cutting and printing surimono. Hokusai, Katsushika (Japanese, 1760-1849). Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment and blind embossing. 1825. Poetry by Settei Nanzan (from Hagi in Nagato province, now Yamaguchi Prefecture) and Kyokado. Ukiyo-e. Edo Period.

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Print / Surimono. Block-cutting and printing surimono. Hokusai, Katsushika (Japanese, 1760-1849). Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment and blind embossing. 1825. Poetry by Settei Nanzan (from Hagi in Nagato province, now Yamaguchi Prefecture) and Kyokado. Ukiyo-e. Edo Period.

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Accession Number: P.438-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 915 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 247.82kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2014:01:28 11:35:35

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