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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.477.17.1
People
Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Japanese (Edo 1761 - 1816)
Title
Contemporary Famous Happenings (Kinsei kisekikō), Vol. 1, with designs by Kita Busei (1776-1856)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Kinsei kisekikō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
Late Edo period, dated 1804 (1st Year of the Bunka Era)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212213

Physical Descriptions

Medium
First of a set of 5 ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Closed book: H. 22.6 cm x W. 15.7 cm x D. 0.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/16 x 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Class of 1907
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.477.17.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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