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No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige
No. 32: Seba, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)" by Utagawa Hiroshige, 37 cm × 23 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

37 cm × 23 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 23 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
23 cm
Width
37 cm
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Kind
Print
Made in
Japan
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
23.4 × 37.2 cm (9 3/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
Credit
Gift of H. R. Warner

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
37 cm × 23 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1835/38. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of H. R. Warner.
How was it made?
Color woodblock print; oban, made in Japan, Japanese (culture or style).
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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