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Details
- Other Title
- Crossing the Sumida River, Tokyo, by night
- Alternative title
- Sumidagawa yoru watasi no zu
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Ansei era 1854 - 1860 → Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 1855
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut; ôban triptych
- Dimensions
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a - left image - seated female, 35 x 72 cm
b - centre image - two females, one standing and holds a lantern and one is seated, 35 x 72 cm
c - right image - a male steers the boat beside a seated female, 35 x 72 cm
- Signature & date
Signed l.l. [part a], in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyokuni monjin Kunichika ga [picture by Kunichika, Toyokuni's disiple]".
Signed l.l. [part b], in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Kunichika ga [picture by Kunichika]".
Signed l.r. [part c], in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Kunichika ga [picture by Kunichika]".
Not dated.- Credit
- Purchased 1958
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 9734.a-c
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Toyohara Kunichika
Works in the collection
- Share
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
The Floating World: Japan's World of transient pleasures, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 May 1994–17 Jul 1994
In one drop of water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jun 2019–21 Feb 2021
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies, The Floating World: Japan's world of transient pleasures, Sydney, 1994, not paginated. cat. no. M12
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