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Object Type
print
Museum number
1931,0513,0.10
Title
Object:
Ayase no sekisho
(Evening Glow at Ayase)
Series:
Bokusui hakkei
(Eight Views of the River Sumida)
Description
Woodblock print. Courtesan on veranda with young man looking through a telescope.
Producer name
Print artist:
Ippitsusai Buncho 一筆斉文調
Production date
1760s
(late)
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
Dimensions
Height:
55.60 centimetres
(mount)
Height:
25.50 centimetres
(print)
Width:
40.50 centimetres
(mount)
Width:
18.90 centimetres
(print)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Waterhouse 1964 / Harunobu and his age: The Development of Colour Printing in Japan
(7(b/w))
Ukiyo-e shuka Vol 11 / Ukiyo-e shuka
(26)
Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 2 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan
(49)
Tokyo Edo 1990 / Daiei Hakubutsukan hizō "Edo bijutsuten" : Edo Tōkyō 400-nen kinen (Special Collection of the British Museum: Exhibition of Edo Arts)
(347)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2014 Jan – Mar, Edo-Tokyo Museum, Japan, ‘Ukiyo-e: Journey through the Floating World’ 2014 Mar – May, Nagoya City Museum, Japan, ‘Ukiyo-e: Journey through the Floating World’ 2014 May – July, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan, ‘Ukiyo-e: Journey through the Floating World’
Subjects
bijin
scientific instrument
architectural feature
child
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Robert N Shaw
Acquisition date
1931
Department
Asia
Registration number
1931,0513,0.10