diptych print

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Object Type: diptych print
Museum number: 1914,0110,0.1
Title: Object: Morokoshi Chu-O yakata no dan 唐土紂王館の段 (The Palace of King Zhou of China); Series: Sangoku yoko-den 三国妖狐伝 (Tales of the Mysterious Fox of China, Japan and India)
Description: Woodblock print, diptych. King Zhou's concubine watching her victims suffer.
Producer name: Print artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
School/style: Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods: Bunka Era
Production date: 1807
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock
Dimensions: Height: 37.80 centimetres; Width: 50.20 centimetres
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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 (216)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2021 30 September - 2022 30 January, London, BM, 'Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything'
Subjects: literature; emperor/empress
Associated names: Associated with: Zhou of Yin 紂王
Associated places: Topographic representation of: China
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth
Acquisition date: 1914
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1914,0110,0.1
Conservation: Mount: 30 Jul 2021

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