diptych print; surimono

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Object Type: diptych print; surimono
Museum number: 1902,0212,0.364
Description: Woodblock print, diptych, surimono (lower section with poems missing). Crowd of pilgrims, mainly female, wending their way round the shores of Shinobazu Pond to the shrine of Benten.
Producer name: Print artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
School/style: Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods: Edo Period
Production date: 1800s-1810s
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock
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Bibliographic references: Binyon 1916 / A Catalogue of Japanese & Chinese Woodcuts Preserved in the Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (206)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: pilgrim; seascape; shrine
Associated names: Associated with: Sarasvatī
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Shinobazu-ike
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Mrs Ernest Hart
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Ernest Abraham Hart
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1902,0212,0.364

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