Woman reading and holding a bachi, by Keisai Eisen

An image of Woman reading and holding a bachi. Surimono. Eisen, Keisai (Japanese, 1790-1848). Woodcut, colour printing. Ukiyo-e.

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Woman reading and holding a bachi. Surimono. Eisen, Keisai (Japanese, 1790-1848). Woodcut, colour printing. Ukiyo-e.

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Accession Number: P.242-1937
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: 880 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 957.77kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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19th Century bachi batchi candle holder colour printing costume Eisen embossed fashion fashionable female Fitz_PDP green hair hairstyle interior Japanese kanzashi hairpin Keisai Eisen kimono lady obi pale green plectrum print reading sash seated sitting surimono ukiyo-e woman woodblock woodcut

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