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Object Type
print
Museum number
1906,1220,0.544
Title
Object:
Senju kagai yori chobo no Fuji 従千住花街眺望ノ不二
(Fuji Seen in the Distance from Senju Pleasure Quarter)
Series:
Fugaku sanjurokkei 冨嶽三十六景
(Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)
Description
Colour woodblock print, oban yoko-e. Procession of 'alternate attendance' (sankin kotai) in autumn with retainers carrying muskets sheathed in red cases, spear-tips visible behind trees, roadside tea-stall with straw sandals hanging under eaves, two women seated on raised path through harvested fields; in distance, Yoshiwara brothel district and Mt Fuji covered with snow. Inscribed and signed. 1 of 2 impressions in the collection.
Producer name
Print artist:
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
Production date
1833
(probably 1833 (Keyes and Morse 2015))
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
25.70 centimetres
Width:
37.70 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(115)
Keyes & Morse 2015 / Catalogue raisonné of Hokusai's single sheet prints
(619)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
landscape
arms/armour
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Fuji-san (Mount Fuji)
Topographic representation of:
Yoshiwara
Topographic representation of:
Senju
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date
1906
Department
Asia
Registration number
1906,1220,0.544