A panorama with multiple incidents in a battle, from the Chinese novel 'The water margin'. Colour woodcut by Sadahide, 1843/1846.

  • Utagawa, Sadahide, 1807-1873.
Date:
1843-1846
Reference:
36311i
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Description

The water margin (and its Japanese adaptions) was an extremely popular novel in the first half of the nineteenth century

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1843-1846.

Physical description

3 prints : woodcut, triptych printed in colours

Contributors

Lettering

Gyokuransai Sadahide-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title The large box of text recounts the battle depicted

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36311i

Type/Technique

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