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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.5000
People
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)
Title
Akashi, from the series Fashionable Genji (Furyū Genji)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1853
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206356

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
vertical ōban triptych: 37.4 x 76.2 cm (14 3/4 x 30 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Right sheet: Toyokuni ga; Left sheet: Hiroshige ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.5000
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Landscape by Utagawa Hiroshige and figures by Utagawa Kunisada.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 03/18/2018; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/19/2018 - 05/06/2018

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