Fishing rod and float

Details

• Title

  Fishing rod and float

• Artist/maker

  Shibata Zeshin (1807 - 1891)

  Maruyama-Shijō School (active late 18th century - late 19th century)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  mid-1870s

• Material and technique

  ink and colour on gold-flecked paper

• Material index

  processed material › paper;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing

• Object type

  visual representation › calligraphy;

  communications equipment › manuscript › tanzaku;

  visual representation › painting

• Dimensions

  mount 55.5 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
  page 36.2 x 6.1 cm max. (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean, and Mr and Mrs J. Hillier, 1973.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1973.113

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