Title
Catching fireflies: Miyagi Asojirô
1855
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Miyagi Asojirô
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Ansei era 1854 - 1860 → Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 1855
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.8 x 24.3 cm image; 36.2 x 24.3 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed c.l., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyokuni ga [picture by Toyokuni]'.
Not dated.- Credit
- Gift of Dr Roderick Bain 1997
- Location
- South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- 165.1997
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Utagawa Kunisada/Toyokuni III
Works in the collection
- Share
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Heroes and Villains, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 May 2001–19 Aug 2001
Glorious, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 May 2017–06 Jan 2019
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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AJIOKA Chiaki (Curator), Heroes and villains: from Japan's floating world, Sydney, May 2001, 6. cat.no. 1.15
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Provenance
Roderick Bain, Apr 1997, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, April 1997.
