Sumida-gawa no chobu (Early Morning Mist on the Sumida River), Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Three bijin, one standing in blue (right), a seated figure in black (centre) holding up a pipe, and a slightly crouched figure in blue and a brown gown (left) facing toward the centre, all beneath flowering cherry blossoms with a shoreline and water in the background. Date: 19thC(mid). Dimensions: Height: 37.90 centimetres (c); ; Height: 37.80 centimetres (l); Height: 38 centimetres (r); Width: 25.50 centimetres (c); Width: 25.50 centimetres (l); Width: 25.50 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Sumida-gawa no chobu (Early Morning Mist on the Sumida River) (BM 2008,3037.18706 1)