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Otowaya (Onoe Kikugorô) at Umemoto, by Kunisada Utagawa

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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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19th Century actor blind embossing colour printing costume embossed fashion fashionable female Fitz_PDP hair hairstyle Japanese kabuki kanzashi hairpin karazuri kimono Kunisada ladies lady male metallic obi Onoe Kikugoro Otowaya print sash Shikishiban surimono theatre theatrical ukiyo-e Utagawa Kunisada woman women woodblock woodcut

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