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Poet travelling in the snow: P.14-1997

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Poet travelling in the snow
Shiika shashinkyô

Maker(s)

Designer: Hokusai, Katsushika

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Description

For the series of ten upright (naga-Ôban) landscape views Shiika shashinkyô (A Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Verse), signed zen Hokusai Iitsu hiitsu. Published by Moriya Jihei, censor’s seal: kiwame

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1997)

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1833

School or Style

Japanese

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14-1997
Primary reference Number: 182905
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 23 August 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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