Album of Ichiryusai Hiroshige's Sketches

Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese

ca. 1850

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Title: Album of Ichiryusai Hiroshige's Sketches
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1850
Culture: Japan
Medium: Ten double-page original sketches in water color
Dimensions: 8 × 11 3/16 × 3/8 in. (20.3 × 28.4 × 1 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Object Number: JIB129
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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