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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1919,0715,0.7
Title: Object: Ota 太田; 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.Travellers resting besid a lake. No. 52 in series.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重; Published by: Iseya Rihei 伊勢屋利兵衛
Cultures/periods: Tenpo Era
Production date: 1837-9 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
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Curator's comments: Compares closely to Hiroshige's sketch of the Ota ferry crossing in album 1913,0501,0.292 (album also includes an aerial view of Ota).
Location: Not on display
Subjects: landscape
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Kisokaido (historic); Topographic representation of: Ota (historic)
Acquisition name: Purchased through: Sotheby's
Acquisition date: 1919
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1919,0715,0.7

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