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Kawasaki: P.557-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Kawasaki

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

Entities

Categories

Description

Colour print from woodblocks. Chûban. Signed Hiroshige ga. Publisher’s seal: Tsutakichi (Tsutaya Kichizô). Censor’s seals: Mera, Murata (1847-50)

Notes

History note: Tuke (sale) Sotheby's 2-3/5/1938, lot 233 (set of 54); bt. Reitlinger (£1.0.0)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 2025

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

19th Century
1847 - 1850

School or Style

Japanese
Ukiyo-e

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.557-1991
Primary reference Number: 182812
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 8 September 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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