Miracle of Masterpieces by Floating-world Matabei

Details

• Title

  Miracle of Masterpieces by Floating-world Matabei

• Artist/maker

  Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) (designer)

• Associated people

  Koshimuraya Heisuke (1843 - 1865) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1853

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print › diptych print

• Dimensions

  mount 55.4 x 40.1 cm (height x width)
  print 38 x 26 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Christ Church College, University of Oxford, 1983.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1983.78

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