Empress and court ladies in traditional formal dress on an outing to Kameido plum tree gardens to the east of Tokyo, to view the plum blossoms and write poems about them. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1878.

  • Chikashige (Otagawa Chikashige), active approximately 1880.
Date:
1878
Reference:
36736i
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Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1878.

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3 prints : woodcut, triptych printed in colours

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Morikawa Chikashige Bears publisher's mark, set title, block cutter's mark and censor's seal

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36736i

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Exhibited in ‘The Cult of Beauty’ at Wellcome Collection, London, 26 October 2023 – 28 April 2024

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