album; print

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Object Type: album; print
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.392.3
Description: Album of colour woodblock prints by artists of the Utagawa school. 2 single-sheet landscape prints and 10 warrior triptychs. From a set of four albums; see also 1915,0823,0.392.1, 2 and 4.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (sheets 1 and 32); Print artist: Utagawa Yoshimori 歌川芳盛 (sheets 2-4); Print artist: Utagawa Yoshikazu 歌川芳員 (sheets 5-7 and 11-13); Print artist: Utagawa Yoshifuji 歌川芳藤 (sheets 14-16); Print artist: Ochiai Yoshiiku 落合芳幾 (sheets 17-19); Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (sheets 20-22 and 29-31); Print artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (sheets 23-25); Print artist: Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎 (sheets 26-28)
Cultures/periods: Edo Period
Production date: 1855 (sheets 20-22); 1856 (sheets 8-10); 1857 (sheets 1 and 32); 1858 (sheets 5-7 and 11-13); 1859 (sheets 17-19); 1860 (sheets 2-4, 14-16 and 29-31); 1865 (sheets 23-25, 27 (sixth month) and 28 (fifth month))
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Location: Not on display
Subjects: samurai; warrior; boat/ship; castle/fort; battle
Associated names: Representation of: Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経; Representation of: Musashibo Benkei 武蔵坊弁慶; Representation of: Oguri Hangan 小栗判官; Representation of: Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝; Representation of: Sasaki Saburo Moritsuna 佐々木三郎盛綱; Representation of: Nitta Yoshisada 新田義貞
Associated places: Named in inscription: Kyoto-shi; Named in inscription: Suido-bashi; Named in inscription: Fuji-san (Mount Fuji); Named in inscription: Ekoin Temple
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Transferred from: British Library
Acquisition date: 23 Aug 1915 (transfer date)
Acquisition notes: Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1915,0823,0.392.3
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1870,0718; Other BM number: 16114.b.6 (previous British Library shelfmark); Other BM number: Album.19; Other BM number: Or.c.28/No.441 (previous British Library shelfmark)

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