A woman about to hang a tanzaku on a flowering plum, by Utagawa Toyokuni

An image of A woman about to hang a tanzaku on a flowering plum. Toyokuni, Utagawa (Japanese, 1769-1825). Surimono, colour woodblock print. Ukiyo-e.

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A woman about to hang a tanzaku on a flowering plum. Toyokuni, Utagawa (Japanese, 1769-1825). Surimono, colour woodblock print. Ukiyo-e.

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Accession Number: P.612-1937
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: 802 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 951.77kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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19th Century blossom clothes clothing colour printing costume exterior fashion female Fitz_PDP floral flowering flowers good wishes hair hairstyle Japanese kanzashi hairpin kimono lady obi plum blossom print sash surimono Tanabata festival tanzaku ukiyo-e Utagawa Toyokuni wishes woman woodblock woodcut

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