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Yoshiwara Nihonzutsumi
Translated as: Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara
Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa
Colour print from woodblocks. Ôban. Signed: Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Uoei (Uoya Eikichi). Date seal: Snake 4 (4/1857). Censor’s seal: aratame. 1857.
Method of acquisition: Given (1913) by Riches, Thomas Henry
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1857-04
Accession number: P.3577-R
Primary reference Number: 182509
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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