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Yoshiwara Street at Night: P.174-2007

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Yoshiwara Street at Night

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

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Description

Colour print from woodblocks with metallic pigment for the poems and white pigment for the stars, shishikiban format surimono. Signed Kunisada ga on the street lamp, and with printer's seal of Ryûsai Chimata (Inô Naojirô), poem by Danjûrô Emba (1743-1822), and collector’s stamp of Henri Vever.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2007) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1819

School or Style

Japanese

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Woodcut

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.174-2007
Primary reference Number: 183055
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 December 2023 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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