Fan Sellers

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Artist/Maker	Suzuki Kiitsu (designer)
Place of origin	Japan (made)

Japanese woodblock prints were commercial productions made for popular consumption. They were made by artists, block cutters and printers working independently to the instructions of specialist publishers. Fan prints like this were mounted on rigid bamboo frames and sold in large numbers during Japan's hot and humid summer. The subject matter of this fan print is particularly fitting and gives an insight into how such things were distributed.

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read Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) Produced in their many thousands and hugely popular during the Edo period (1615 – 1868), these colourful woodblock prints, known as ukiyo-e, depicted scenes from everyday Japan.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Woodblock print
Title	Fan Sellers (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Woodblock print on paper
Brief description	Pap, Japan, prints
Physical description	Uchiwa-e
Dimensions	Maximum height: 229mm Maximum width: 295mm
Styles	Edo (Japanese Period) Ukiyo-E
Credit line	Bequeathed by Bernard H. Webb
Summary	Japanese woodblock prints were commercial productions made for popular consumption. They were made by artists, block cutters and printers working independently to the instructions of specialist publishers. Fan prints like this were mounted on rigid bamboo frames and sold in large numbers during Japan's hot and humid summer. The subject matter of this fan print is particularly fitting and gives an insight into how such things were distributed.
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	E.4934-1919

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Record created	November 9, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O129103/fan-sellers-woodblock-print-suzuki-kiitsu/

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