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Hakone, Okamotoya no uchi Uryūno (The Courtesan Uryūno of the Okamoto Brothel Likened to Hakone), from the series Keisei dōchū sugoroku, mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui (A Game with Promenading Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Likened to the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)


Keisai Eisen, Hakone, Okamotoya no uchi Uryūno (The Courtesan Uryūno of the Okamoto Brothel Likened to Hakone), from the series Keisei dōchū sugoroku, mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui (A Game with Promenading Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Likened to the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō), early 1820s, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.574

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Hakone, Okamotoya no uchi Uryūno (The Courtesan Uryūno of the Okamoto Brothel Likened to Hakone), from the series Keisei dōchū sugoroku, mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui (A Game with Promenading Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Likened to the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)

Related Titles

original language: 箱根  岡本屋内瓜生野

series (original language): 契情道中双六 見立よしわら五十三ついの内

series (translated): A Game with Promenading Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Likened to the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

series (transliterated): Keisei dōchū sugoroku, mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui

translated: The Courtesan Uryūno of the Okamoto Brothel Likened to Hakone

transliterated: Hakone, Okamotoya no uchi Uryūno

Artist

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)

Related People

publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō Kichizō (Japanese, active 19th century)

Date

early 1820s

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e

Catalogue Raisonné

Graybill 2011, cat. 94

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 14 1/2 in x 9 3/8 in; sheet: 14 1/2 in x 9 11/16 in

Inscriptions & Markings

series title: 契情道中双六 // 見立よしわら五十三ついの内, printed in black intaglio within rectangular cartouche and black ink on white reserve ground, center left; upper middle Transliteration (Translation): Keisei dōchū sugoroku // mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui (Game of promenading courtesans of the Yoshiwara likened to the fifty-three stations [of the Tōkaidō]) Language: Japanese

title: 箱根 // 岡本屋内瓜生野, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on yellow ground and black ink on white reserve ground, upper left; center left Transliteration (Translation): Hakone // Okamotoya no uchi Uryūno (Uryūno of the Okamoto Brothel [likened to] Hakone) Language: Japanese

publisher's mark: [paulownia leaf with dot and triple mountain above], printed in black ink, bottom right Translation: [Seal of the publisher Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵] Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Kōeidō 紅英堂 active c.1820-1890.

censor's mark: 極, printed in black relief within round cartouche, lower right Transliteration (Translation): kiwame (approval) Language: Japanese

signature: 渓斎英泉画, printed in black ink, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Keisai Eisen ga (picture [by] Keisai Eisen) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.574

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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