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Kurabe yûkun: P.690-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Kurabe yûkun
Translated as: Comparison of courtesans

Maker(s)

Designer: Gekkô, Ogata

Entities

Categories

Description

Colour print from woodblocks with fabric-printing (nunome-zuri). Ôban, 327 x 223. Signed: Gekkô, with artist’s seal: Gekkô.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

Japanese
Ukiyo-e

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.690-1991
Primary reference Number: 182896
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 May 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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