kakemono-e

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Object Type: kakemono-e
Museum number: 1906,1220,0.1037
Description: Colour-woodblock print, kakemono-e. A snowy river gorge, with boats and a hanging bridge.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重; Published by: Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛
Cultures/periods: Edo Period
Production date: 1830s-40s
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
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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 (547); Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 3 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan (67(b/w))
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2009 Oct 25-2010 Feb 14, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present' 2012 Oct - 2013 Jan, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'
Subjects: landscape; boat/ship; bridge; snow
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date: 1906
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1906,1220,0.1037
Conservation: Treatment: 09 Oct 2012; Treatment: 31 Aug 2012; Treatment: 31 Aug 2012

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