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Momo chidori: P.332-1941

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Momo chidori
Translated as: Myriad birds

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

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Description

Two-volume collection of kyôka verse with 15 illustrations by Utamaro; printed in colours from woodblocks, with blind embossing and pipette-blown pigment; published by Tsutaya Jûsaburô, Edo (Tokyo), 1790

Notes

History note: John Joseph O'Brien Sexton.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1941) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1791

School or Style

Japanese
Ukiyo-e

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.332-1941
Primary reference Number: 182622

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 16 January 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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