Kiyochika's Tokyo / s2003_8_1190

Summer Night at Asakusa Kurama'e 浅草蔵前夏夜 TYPE: Woodblock print MAKER(S): Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親 (1847-1915) Publisher: Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊治良 (1874-1898) HISTORICAL PERIOD(S): Meiji era, 1881 MEDIUM: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper DIMENSION(S): H x W (overall): 25.1 x 36.8 cm (9 7/8 x 14 1/2 in) ACCESSION NUMBER: S2003.8.1190 DESCRIPTION: Blue and grey shading (bokashi) has been used on the sky, which are missing in variant impression S2003.8.1189.

CLASSIFICATION(S): Print KEYWORD(S): bokashi, Japan, lamp, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), night, nocturne, Robert O. Muller collection, silhouette, summer COLLECTION(S) AREA: Japanese Art RIGHTS STATEMENT: Copyright with museum View on the Freer-Sackler website

The Robert O. Muller Collection of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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