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Kanka no yuki: P.687-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Kanka no yuki
Translated as: Contemplating the snow from inside from the series 'Manners and Customs of Women'
Fujin fûzoku tsukushi

Maker(s)

Designer: Gekkô, Ogata

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Description

Colour print from woodblocks with blind embossing (karazuri) and metallic pigment. Ôban format. Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi. 1892.

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

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1892

School or Style

Japanese
Ukiyo-e

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.687-1991
Primary reference Number: 190402

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 4 December 2012 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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