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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.761
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Title
Illustrated Book on Annual Events in the Gay Quarters (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) in 2 volumes, designed with Jippensha Ikku (1775-1831)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
Late Edo period, published in 1804
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/96908

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pair of ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books with blue-and-white-covers; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 22 x W. 15.7 x D. 1.3 cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/16 x 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.761
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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