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A Picture of Prosperity: America (Amerika shin no zu)

A work made of color woodblock print; oban triptych.
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  • A work made of color woodblock print; oban triptych.

Date:

1861

Artist:

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
Japanese, 1826-1869

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

Title

A Picture of Prosperity: America (Amerika shin no zu)

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1861

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Dimensions

37.2 × 75.2 cm (14 11/16 × 29 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Reference Number

1926.1787

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