Returning Sails at Kanazawa, View of Nojima from Seto Bridge (Kanazawa kihan, Setobashi yori Nojima no zu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)"
| Title | Returning Sails at Kanazawa, View of Nojima from Seto Bridge (Kanazawa kihan, Setobashi yori Nojima no zu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)" |
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| Artist | Utagawa Toyoshige (Toyokuni II) Japanese, 1777-1835 |
| Date | c. 1833/34 19th century |
| Medium | Color woodblock print; oban |
| Classification | woodblock print |
| Origin | Japan Japan |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Returning Sails at Kanazawa, View of Nojima from Seto Bridge (Kanazawa kihan, Setobashi yori Nojima no zu), from the series "Eight Views of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei)"” is a work by Utagawa Toyoshige (Toyokuni II) Japanese, 1777-1835, dated c. 1833/34. It is executed in color woodblock print; oban and classified as woodblock print. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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