Gojūsan tsugi Kusatsu (Kusatsu from the Fifty-three Stations), No. 53 from the series Tōkaidō (The Tōkaidō)

Gojūsan tsugi Kusatsu (Kusatsu from the Fifty-three Stations), No. 53 from the series Tōkaidō (The Tōkaidō)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

1851

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e

image: 8 1/2 in x 13 9/16 in; sheet: 9 in x 14 in

title: 五十三次 // 草津, printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): gojūsan tsugi // Kusatsu (Fifty-three stations // Kusatsu) Language: Japanese

series title: 東海道 / 五十三, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, top right Transliteration (Translation): Tōkaidō / gojūsan (Tōkaidō / 53) Language: Japanese

inscription: 矢ばせの渡口, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, center left Transliteration (Translation): Yabase no watashiguchi (Yabase crossing) Language: Japanese

inscription: 琵琶湖風景, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, center left Transliteration (Translation): Biwako fūkei (View of Lake Biwa) Language: Japanese

censor's mark: 渡邊, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Watanabe ([seal of the censor Watanabe Gentarō 渡辺源太郎]) Language: Japanese

censor's mark: 米良, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Mera ([seal of the censor Mera Ta'ichirō 米良太一郎]) Language: Japanese Description: Two nanushi (government official) censor seals applied to prints between 1846, 12th month and 1852, 2nd month.

signature: 廣重画, printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Hiroshige ga (picture [by] Hiroshige) Language: Japanese

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Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

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