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1960

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2015

2025

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Print, Woman viewing Cherry Blossoms on the Bank of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hana no kei)

This is a Print. It was created by Utagawa Kunisada. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is woodblock print on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cooper Union Museum Picture Library. It is credited Transfer from the Cooper Union Picture Library.

  • Textile (France)
  • cotton.
  • Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
  • 1959-55-1
  • Vase
  • molded and hand-painted gilded and glazed earthenware.
  • Gift of M. Jane Murphy Johnson and Thomas Alan Johnson in honor of the....
  • 2015-27-1
  • Vase (USA)
  • glazed and hand-painted earthenware.
  • Gift of Anonymous Donor.
  • 1967-48-117

Its dimensions are

350 × 245 mm (13 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Woman viewing Cherry Blossoms on the Bank of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hana no kei); Utagawa Kunisada; Japan; woodblock print on paper; 350 × 245 mm (13 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.); Transfer from the Cooper Union Picture Library; 1960-9-2

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