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Object Type
print
Museum number
1942,0124,0.18
Title
Object:
Azuma-no-mori no ya-u 吾嬬社夜雨
(Evening Rain at Azuma-no-mori)
Series:
Edo kinko hakkei no uchi 江戸近郊八景
(Eight Views of the Suburbs of Edo)
Description
Woodblock print. Two travellers on path along embankment near intersection with path to shrine, night rain.
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Published by:
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛
Cultures/periods
Tenpo Era
Production date
1830s (late)
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
landscape
tree/bush
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mary O'Brien Sexton
Funder name
Funded by:
Art Fund
(as NACF)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Joseph O'Brien Sexton
Acquisition date
1942
Department
Asia
Registration number
1942,0124,0.18