fan-print

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Object Type: fan-print
Museum number: 1953,0711,0.8
Title: Object: Yoshiwara hatsu monbi awase ni Daikoku-mai 吉原初紋日併ニ大国まい (Yoshiwara - The first festival day with the Daikoku Festival); Series: Edo meisho nenju gyoji 江戸名所年中行事 (Annual Customs in the Famous Places of Edo)
Description: Woodblock-printed fan-print. Yoshiwara courtesan and two attendants (kamuro) watching the procession of the Daikoku Festival from the balcony of a brothel or tea house.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Cultures/periods: Tenpo Era
Production date: 1840 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock
Dimensions: Height: 22.50 centimetres; Width: 28.30 centimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: festival; spirit; domestic building; pleasure quarters
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Yoshiwara
Acquisition name: Purchased from: H Lang
Acquisition date: 1953
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1953,0711,0.8

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