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Picture of Minamoto no Yoritomo’s Daibutsû ceremony (Minamoto no Yoritomo Daibutsû kuyô no zu): P.4-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Picture of Minamoto no Yoritomo’s Daibutsû ceremony (Minamoto no Yoritomo Daibutsû kuyô no zu)

Maker(s)

Designer: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa
Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

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Description

Colour print from woodblocks with blind-embossing. Ôban triptych. Signed (on each sheet) by Kuniyoshi and Hiroshige. Block carver (on right sheet): Renkichi. Censor’s seal (on each sheet): Mura. Publisher (on centre and left sheets): Yoshimiya Sonokichi.

Legal notes

Given by the Wilkin family of Tiptree Hall, Essex

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2003) by Wilkin Family

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1842 CE - Circa 1843 CE

School or Style

Japanese

Techniques used in production

Woodcut : With blind-embossing
Colour printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.4-2003
Primary reference Number: 182939
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 27 February 2023 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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