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Asukayama bosetsu: P.3588-R

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Asukayama bosetsu
Translated as: Lingering snow at Asuka hill

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

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Description

Colour print from woodblocks with snowflakes spattered in white pigment (gofun). Ôban. Signed: Hiroshige ga. Publisher's seal: Kikakudô (Sanoya Kihei). Censor's seal: kiwame. c.1837-8.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1913) by Riches, Thomas Henry

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1837 CE - Circa 1838 CE

School or Style

Japanese
Ukiyo-e

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3588-R
Primary reference Number: 182517
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 17 February 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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