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Object Type: print
Museum number: 2008,3037.04317
Title: Object: Yoshiwara 吉原; Series: Tokaido gojusan-tsui 東海道五十三対 (Fifty-three pairings along the Tokaido Road)
Description: Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Yoshiwara Station. Panic among the Taira troops.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Published by: Ibaya Senzaburo 伊場屋仙三郎
Cultures/periods: Edo Period
Production date: 1845 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock
Dimensions: Height: 36.30 centimetres; Width: 24.20 centimetres
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Curator's comments: See:- Robinson 1982, S44 no. 15
Location: Not on display
Subjects: warrior
Associated places: Associated with: Tokaido; Topographic representation of: Yoshiwara-shi
Associated events: Associated Event: Battle of Fujikawa
Acquisition name: Donated by: American Friends of the British Museum
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Prof Arthur R Miller
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.04317
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 2009,AFBMLoan,11.9 (AFBM Loan Number); Previous owner/ex-collection number: 04315 (Miller Collection number)
Conservation: Treatment: 10 Mar 2009

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