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Fumihiroge no Chiyo

Biographies of Famous Women, Ancient and Modern

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Title Fumihiroge no Chiyo Fumihiroge no Chiyo 文展千代
Series title Biographies of Famous Women, Ancient and Modern 古今名婦傳
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date 8/1863
Publisher Uoya/Sakanaya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
City Edo
Signature nanajūhachi ō [een oude heer van 78] Toyokuni hitsu 七十八翁豊国筆
Censorship seal(s) aratame Boar 8 改 亥八
Publisher’s seal(s) Shitaya Uo-Ei han 下谷魚栄版
Inscription

[signed] Ryūtei Tanehiko
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban
Object number SH2018-DM-065
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

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