Sujet

Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist, late18th or early 19th century (1956). Artist: Unknown

Légende

Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese artist, late18th or early 19th century (1956). Self-portrait detail from a woodcut book showing Utamaro (1753-1806) painting a phoenix on the walls of a Yoshiwara house. He is regarded as one of the greatest Japanese artists of woodblock prints. From the British Museum, London. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1956

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C53_125

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,5Mo) / 31,1cm x 40,3cm / 3671 x 4759 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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