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Title

Yase village, from the series Famous places of Kyoto

1834

Artist

Hiroshige Andō/Utagawa

Japan

1797 – 1858

  • Details

    Other Title
    Yase hamlet
    Alternative title
    Kyôto meisho no uchi
    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Tenpo era 1830 - 1844 Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
    Date
    1834
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    22.2 x 35.6 cm image; 25.7 x 37.8 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Signed u.r., in Japanese, ink, incised on block "Hiroshige ga" [picture by Hiroshige]. Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1961
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    DO9.1961
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Hiroshige Andō/Utagawa

    Works in the collection

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    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

  • Provenance

    J S Happer, 1909

    R.G. McNair Scott, pre Apr 1960, purchased by Mr C. Norris for the Art Gallery of New South Wales from auction the sale of R.G.McNair Scott’s Japanese Prints and Sword Furniture, at Glendining & Co. Ltd., on 11 April 1960, lot 178b.

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