Silk cultivation

Details

• Title

  Silk cultivation

• Series

  Silk Cultivation

• Artist/maker

  Kitao Shigemasa (1738 - 1820) (designer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1772

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  mount 40.4 x 27.7 cm (height x width)
  sheet 26.3 x 18.6 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.4073

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