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
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Exhibited in ‘The Cult of Beauty’ at Wellcome Collection, London, 26 October 2023 – 28 April 2024
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Wellcome Collection 36736i
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