Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
The Property of a Gentleman
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) | Cooling Off at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no suzumi) | Edo period, 19th century
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December 19, 01:55 PM GMT
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The Property of a Gentleman
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Cooling Off at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no suzumi)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (Pictured by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi), censor's seal kiwame (examined), published by Kagaya Kichiemon (Seiseido), circa 1830-35
Horizontal oban: 26.8 x 37.6 cm., 10½ x 14¾ in.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number A-10569_2529, go to:
https://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0050270
For another impression in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 2008,3037.03605, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2008-3037-03605