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Image of Floating Sake Cups on the Sumida River

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Chikanobu Yoshu, Japanese, (1838–1912)
Floating Sake Cups on the Sumida River, 1880
Ink on Paper
14 1/8 in. x 28 7/16 in. (35.88 cm x 72.23 cm)


Object Type: Print
Technique: Wood-block Printing
Period: Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Aoki Endowment for Japanese Arts and Cultures
Accession Number: 2004.1.46


Alternate Title: Hokumen sui Sumidagawa

Edition
A good impression, embossed.

Marks
yoshu Chikanobu hitsu.

Medium
Colored ink on paper; oban triptych.

Object Description
Meiji period color woodblock triptych "Sumikawa Yayoi no Hana" depicting the Meiji Emperor and Empress viewing cherry blossoms from a boat on the Sumida River. Court attendants are floating red sake cups on the river.

Provenance
Purchased by Bruce Coats from Artelino, Germany, in September 2004, using Aoki funds.

Publisher
Yamamura Kinsaburo

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1880-1885, Boats, Females, Lakes and Rivers, Royalty and Rulers

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