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A Bijin Holding a Hairpin, from the series Goose-borne Tidings

A Bijin Holding a Hairpin, from the series Goose-borne Tidings

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
A Bijin Holding a Hairpin, from the series Goose-borne Tidings
Date
1853
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. Image
Credit
John H. Van Vleck Endowment Fund purchase
Inventory No.
1999.111
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

  • Schlombs, Adele. "Hiroshige: 1797-1858." Koln, Germany: Taschen, 2007. p. 50

  • Summer Breeze: The Fan in Japanese Prints: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/7/2012–9/9/2012
  • Acquisitions 1999-2002, A Selection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/6/2002–8/25/2002
  • Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Van Vleck Collection, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/21/2001–6/17/2001

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