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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1909,0118,0.3
Description: Colour-woodblock print. From an untitled series conventionally called 'Uo-zukushi' (Every Variety of Fish). Grouper (omonhata), white tailfish (shiro-amadai) and horseradish root. This design from a supplement of nine prints added to the series originally published early 1830s. 1 of 3 impressions.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重; Published by: Yamadaya Shojiro 山田屋庄次郎
Cultures/periods: Tenpo Era
Production date: 1840s (early)
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 (259)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: fish; vegetable; literature
Acquisition name: Donated by: John Stewart Happer
Acquisition date: 1909
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1909,0118,0.3
Conservation: Treatment: 31 Jul 2000

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