diptych print

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Object Type: diptych print
Museum number: 1910,0418,0.192
Title: Object: Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平; Series: Shiika shashin kyo 詩哥写真鏡 (True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems)
Description: Woodblock print, diptych. Cloth-fulling by moonlight on the banks of the Tamagawa river.1 of 2 impressions.
Producer name: Print artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎; Published by: Moriya Jihei 森屋治兵衛
School/style: Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods: Tenpo Era
Production date: 1833-1834 (c.)
Production place: Made in: Japan
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 (210); Keyes & Morse 2015 / Catalogue raisonné of Hokusai's single sheet prints (973)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: literature; moon
Associated names: Associated with: Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Tamagawa
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W B Paterson
Acquisition date: 1910
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1910,0418,0.192

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