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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1906,1220,0.949
Title
Object:
Oi 大井
Series:
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū-tsugi no uchi 木曽街道六十九次之内
(The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō)
Description
Colour woodblock print. Scene on a snowy night with two travellers riding horses led by two servants, heavy snowfall covering travellers, buildings, trees and road. No. 47 in series.
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Production date
1835-1842
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
Dimensions
Height:
251 millimetres
Width:
372 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(232)
Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 3 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan
(60(b/w))
Royal Academy 1981 / The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868
(121)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
landscape
horse/ass
snow
tree/bush
traveller/travel
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Kisokaido
Topographic representation of:
Oi-cho
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date
1906
Department
Asia
Registration number
1906,1220,0.949
Conservation
Treatment
: 30 Jan 2004