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Actor as tattooed fireman, from the set (of six?) A Celebration of gallantry (Isami no kotobuki)
Designer: Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka
Colour print from woodblocks, with textile printing (nunomezuri) and gloss black (tsuyazumi). Blackened lead white. Ôban format. [Block-cutter: Matsushima Hori Masa. Publisher: Daikin - these inscriptions on other sheets from the set]. Numbered 6 in graphite in left margin [removed 22/4/2004]
Purchased from the Rylands Fund with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought (2003)
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1865-08
Woodcut
: With textile printing (nunomezuri) and gloss black (tsuyazumi). Blackened lead white.
Colour printing
Accession number: P.9-2003
Primary reference Number: 182944
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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