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Object Type: print
Museum number: 2008,3037.04351
Title: Object: Seki 関; Series: Tokaido gojusan-tsui 東海道五十三対 (Fifty-three pairings along the Tokaido Road)
Description: Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Seki Station. The Buddhist monk Ikkyu and the courtesan Jigoku Daiyu.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重; Published by: Ebiya Rinnosuke 海老屋林之助
Cultures/periods: Edo Period
Production date: 1845 (circa)
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock
Dimensions: Height: 36.20 centimetres; Width: 24.60 centimetres
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Curator's comments: See:- Robinson 1982, S44 no. 49
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bijin; buddhist monk/nun
Associated names: Representation of: Ikkyu Sojun 一休和尚; Representation of: Jigoku-dayu 地獄太夫
Associated places: Associated with: Tokaido; Associated with: Seki
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: 2008,3037.04351
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 04349 (Miller Collection number)

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