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Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) 青楼繪本年中行事

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese

1804

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Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) 青楼繪本年中行事, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Set of two woodblock printed books; ink on paper, Japan — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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青楼繪本年中行事

Title: Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) 青楼繪本年中行事

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)

Period: Edo period (1615–1868)

Date: 1804

Culture: Japan

Medium: Set of two woodblock printed books; ink on paper

Dimensions: each: 9 × 6 5/16 in. (22.8 × 16 cm)

Classification: Illustrated Books

Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013

Accession Number: 2013.857a, b

Essay

Woodblock Prints in the Ukiyo-e Style

Chronology

Japan, 1800-1900 A.D.

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