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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
British Galleries, Room 125, Edwin and Susan Davies Gallery

Woodblock Print


Pap, Japan, prints


Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Materials and techniques
Japanese woodblock print with light sensitive pigments
Brief description
Pap, Japan, prints
Dimensions
  • Height: mm
  • Width: 115mm
Length of object varies from 345mm on left to 344mm on right. And width varies from 115mm along top edge to 112mm along bottom edge.
Gallery label
Print 1843-1847 Colour print on paper from woodblocks Made in Edo (Tokyo) by Utagawa Hiroshige (born in Edo 1797, died in 1858), published by Maruya Jinpachi Signed ‘Hiroshige hitsu’ (‘By Hiroshige’) Museum no. E.2390-1912 (2018 British Galleries rotation)(06/11/2018)
Object history
Purchased from Sotheby & Co., accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.2390-1912

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O423410/woodblock-print/
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