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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1907,0531,0.341
Description: Woodblock print. Actor Otani Hiroji as Gihei on the wharf of his warehouse, calculating on an abacus, from Act X of the Chushingura. Poem.
Producer name: Print artist: Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信
Cultures/periods: Edo Period
Production date: 1750s-60s
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock
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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 (2)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki; architecture; dock/quay
Associated names: Associated with: Otani Hiroji I 大谷広次; Associated with: Amakawaya Gihei 天川屋儀平
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Acquisition name: Purchased from: Samuel Tuke
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1907,0531,0.341

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