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Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara

Utagawa HIROSHIGE II
Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara
 1862
from the Famous places in the eastern capital series

Medium
colour woodblock

Measurements
21.6 × 34.2 cm (image) 23.6 × 37.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1910

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Edo (Tokyo), Japan

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) u.r.: Toto meisho / Yoshiwara Nakanocho
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) c.l.: Hiroshige ga
printed in ink (in Japanese characters) l.l.: (seal: tiger III) / (Izumiya Ichibei's seal: publisher)

Accession Number
517-2

Department
Asian Art

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