A scene from Suehiro, by Totoya Hokkei

An image of A scene from Suehiro. Hokkei, Totoya (Japanese, 1780-1850). Surimono. Colour woodblock print with blind-embossing and metallic pigments. Late 1820s. Signed: Hokkei hitsu (as if on a handscroll), circa 1827- circa 1829. Ukiyo-e. Notes: This print is conceived as if a scroll is opening to reveal a view of Suehiro, a Kyogen (comic interlude) play, in which a dancing courtier is shielded by an umbrella held by a servant. In the play a master asks his servant to purchase a suehiro fan, but when he gets to town the servant is swindled into buying an old umbrella instead.

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A scene from Suehiro. Hokkei, Totoya (Japanese, 1780-1850). Surimono. Colour woodblock print with blind-embossing and metallic pigments. Late 1820s. Signed: Hokkei hitsu (as if on a handscroll), circa 1827- circa 1829. Ukiyo-e. Notes: This print is conceived as if a scroll is opening to reveal a view of Suehiro, a Kyogen (comic interlude) play, in which a dancing courtier is shielded by an umbrella held by a servant. In the play a master asks his servant to purchase a suehiro fan, but when he gets to town the servant is swindled into buying an old umbrella instead.

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Accession Number: P.355-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 902 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 942.48kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2018:10:24 16:13:13

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19th Century acting actor actors blind embossing colour printing costume courtier dancers dancing Edo Period embossed embossing fan fans Fitz_PDP gofun Japanese karazuri metallic pigment pigment plays print scrolls servant servants Suehiro suehiro ogi surimono theatre theatrical Totoya Hokkei ukiyo-e umbrellas woodblock woodcut

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