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Plum Garden at Kameido

Woodblock Print
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige (artist)
Place of origin
Tokyo (made)
Japan (made)

Woodblock print, 'Plum Garden at Kameido' from the series 'Famous Places in the Eastern Capital' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan.


Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Titles
  • Plum Garden at Kameido (assigned by artist)
  • Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'Plum Garden at Kameido' from the series 'Famous Places in the Eastern Capital' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan.
Marks and inscriptions
「広重画」 (Artist signature)
Transliteration
'Hiroshige ga'
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Associated objects
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.3483B-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O410830/plum-garden-at-kameido-woodblock-print-utagawa-hiroshige/
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