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Museum number: 2008,3037.14101
Title: Object: Ha 葉は; Series: Nanatsu iroha toto Fuji zukushi 七ツいろは東都富士盡 (Complete Alphabetic Primer of Fuji in the Eastern Capital)
Description: Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The Kabuki actor Bando Shuka I as the fox-woman Kuzunoha cradling her child, Abe no Seimei. Inset view of Mount Fuji across fields. No. 21.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (main image); Print artist: Tori-jo とり女 (inset landscape); Published by: Ebiya Rinnosuke 海老屋林之助; Block cut by: Horimino 彫みの
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Production date: 1852 (6th month)
Production place: Published in: Edo
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 35.80 centimetres; Width: 24.30 centimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: actor/actress; kabuki; mythical figure/creature; landscape
Associated names: Associated with: Kuzunoha (葛の葉); Representation of: Bando Shuka I 初代坂東しうか; Representation of: Abe no Seimei 安倍晴明
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Fuji-san (Mount Fuji)
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.14101
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 14101 (Miller Collection number)

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