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Title

Suhara - Narihira and Empress Nijo

1852

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japan

1797 – 1861

  • Details

    Other Title
    Sixty-nine stations of Kiso-kaido: Suhara - Narihara and Empress Nijo
    Alternative title
    Kiso kaidô rokujû-kyû tsugi no uchi Suhara Narihira Nijô-no kisaki
    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
    Date
    1852
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    35.5 x 24.0 cm
    Signature & date

    Signed l.l., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga [picture by Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi]" [and artist's seal]. Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1995
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    212.1995
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Utagawa Kuniyoshi

    Works in the collection

    26

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

    • AJIOKA Chiaki (Curator), Heroes and villains: from Japan's floating world, Sydney, May 2001, 8 (colour illus.). cat.no. 2.5

    • Jackie Menzies, Look, 'Love at lunchtime: The 2012 Arts of Asia lecture series', pg.47, Sydney, Dec 2011-Jan 2012, 47 (colour illus.).

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