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Preface, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

A work made of woodblock print; double-page preface from book.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of woodblock print; double-page preface from book.

Date:

1789

Artist:

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Title

Preface, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1789

Medium

Woodblock print; double-page preface from book

Dimensions

23.2 × 37.2 cm (9 1/8 × 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.1658.3

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