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Hana no chô
Translated as: Butterfly on the flowers
Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa
Surimono. Colour print from woodblocks, with metallic pigment, blind embossing (karazuri), and burnishing (tsuya-zuri) on the black mirror and stand. Shikishiban. Signed: Ôju (by order) Kunisada ga, with artist’s sada seal in the shape of mimasu (triple rice measure). c.1823-5.
Method of acquisition: Given (1937) by Barron, E. Evelyn
19th Century
Circa
1823
-
Circa
1825
Accession number: P.494-1937
Primary reference Number: 166030
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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