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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1906,1220,0.810
Title: Object: Chiryu shuka uma-ichi 池鯉鮒首夏馬市 (Chiryu - Early summer horse market); Series: Tōkaidō gojūsan-tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内 (The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)
Description: Colour-woodblock print, oban yoko-e. Horses graing in a field at the beginning of summer, village in distance. No. 40 in 'Hoeido Tokaido' series. 1 of 2 impressions in the collection.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重; Published by: Hoeidō 保永堂; Published by: Tsuruya Kiemon 鶴屋喜右衛門
Cultures/periods: Tenpo Era
Production date: 1833-1834 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Bibliographic references: Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (63)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: landscape; horse/ass; market/bazaar
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Tokaido; Topographic representation of: Chiryu-shi
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date: 1906
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1906,1220,0.810

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