Sudare-shi
Translated as: Blind makers (Series title: types of women artisans)
Fujin shokunin burui
Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa
Colour print from woodblocks. Chûban. Signed: Utamaro hitsu. Publisher: Tsutaya Jûsaburô. c.1793-8. Censor’s seal: Kiwame.
History note: Walter Francis Crittall (1887–1956)
Bought from the Duplicate Objects Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought (1955)
18th Century
Circa
1793
-
Circa
1798
Impressions of other prints in this series are held in the following locations: British Museum acquisition no. 1999,1202,0.1, 'Mounters'. Les Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire Brussels acquisition no. JP.00296, 'Makers of artificial flowers', see also MFA Boston acquisition no. 11.14004. Tokyo National Museum 'Unglazed Pottery' and Kobe City Museum 'Glassblowers' (no acquisition no.s online)
Accession number: P.15-1955
Primary reference Number: 182655
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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