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Kasumigaseki, c. 1832/33. Color woodblock print; oban.

Color woodblock print; oban · 25.2 × 37.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Kasumigaseki, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861
Date: c. 1832/33
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 25.2 × 37.3 cm (9 15/16 × 14 11/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1797–1861

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.