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Playing the shakuhachi: P.12-1955

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Playing the shakuhachi

Maker(s)

Designer: Kiyonaga, Torii

Entities

Categories

Description

Colour print from woodblocks with blind embossing (karazuri). Ôban, 380 x 257. Signed: Kiyonaga ga. Publisher: Eijudô (Nishimuraya Yohachi). c.1782.

Legal notes

Bought from the Duplicate Objects Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1955)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1782

School or Style

Japanese
Ukiyo-e

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.12-1955
Primary reference Number: 182652
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 18 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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