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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Suma, Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

  • Iseya Kanekichi
  • Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Title

Suma

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 37.3 x 25.1 cm (14 11/16 x 9 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Toyokuni ga | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal ~ chiryusai

Seals: censor's seals ~ Kinugasa Fusajiro

Seals: date seal | 1853, 4th month

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1297A

About

Suma
Fashionable Genji
Furyu Genji

Signature: Toyokuni ga | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal ~ chiryusai

Seals: censor's seals ~ Kinugasa Fusajiro

Seals: date seal | 1853, 4th month

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Triptych Format in Japanese Woodblock Prints

December 6, 1991 - January 26, 1992

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Suma, Edo (Japanese period)

Use

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