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Enjoying a Comparison of the Flowers of the Four Seasons (Hana awase shiki no yûran)

Enjoying a Comparison of the Flowers of the Four Seasons (Hana awase shiki no yûran)

(Japanese, 1835–1900)
(Japanese)
1881 (Meiji 14), January
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 36 x 73.8 cm (14 3/16 x 29 1/16 in.)
Credit LineJean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession number2000.517a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePreviously owned by various dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.
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The Okada Restaurant (top); the Geisha Kinpachi of the Kinokuniya in Yanagibashi (bottom right); Sample Kimono Pattern (bottom left), from the series Comparisons of Famous Products, the Pride of Tokyo (Tôkyô jiman meibutsu awase)
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Enjoying a Comparison of the Flowers of the Four Seasons (Hana-awase shiki no yûran)
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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Tsubone Iwafuji
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Lord Genji's Cormorant Fishing Excursion (Genji no kimi ukai gyoyû no zu)
Lord Genji's Cormorant Fishing Excursion (Genji no kimi ukai gyoyû no zu)
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