Kites of Fukuroi and Distant View of Akiba in Totomi Province (Enshu Akiba enkei Fukuroi tako), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

Title

Kites of Fukuroi and Distant View of Akiba in Totomi Province (Enshu Akiba enkei Fukuroi tako), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1859

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

36.3 × 24.6 cm (14 1/4 × 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.1512

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