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Yûgure no yashiki: P.3690-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Yûgure no yashiki
Translated as: The mansion at twilight

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Entities

Categories

Description

Colour print from woodblocks. Hashira-e. Signed: Utamaro hitsu. Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei. c.1795.

Notes

History note: Samuel Tuke (1855-1938); sale (Sotheby's) 4 April 1911, lot 287.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1795

School or Style

Japanese
Ukiyo-e

Components of the work

Sheet Height 595 mm Width 109 mm

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3690-R
Primary reference Number: 182581
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 September 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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