Nakagawa no tsuribune (Fishing Boats at Nakagawa), from the series Edo meisho bansen zue (Famous Places in Edo, Ten Thousand Boats)
Utagawa Hiroshige, Nakagawa no tsuribune (Fishing Boats at Nakagawa), from the series Edo meisho bansen zue (Famous Places in Edo, Ten Thousand Boats), ca. 1835-1855, color woodblock print on paper; fan-shaped nishiki-e, Museum Purchase: Margery Hoffman Smith Fund, public domain, 2001.38.1
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- Title
Nakagawa no tsuribune (Fishing Boats at Nakagawa), from the series Edo meisho bansen zue (Famous Places in Edo, Ten Thousand Boats)
- Related Titles
original language: 中川のつりふね
series (original language): 江名所萬船図会
series (translated): Famous Places in Edo: Ten Thousand Boats
series (transliterated): Edo meisho bansen zue
translated: Fishing Boats at Nakagawa
transliterated: Nakagawa no tsuribune
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1815-1869)
- Date
ca. 1835-1855
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; fan-shaped nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 8 3/4 in x 11 1/4 in; sheet: 8 11/16 in x 11 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
series title; title: 江名所萬船図会 // 中川のつりふね, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on red ground, top center Transliteration (Translation): Edo meisho bansen zue // Nakagawa no tsuribune (Famous Places in Edo, Ten Thousand Boats // Fishing Boats at Nakagawa) Language: Japanese
publisher's mark: 三, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, lower left Transliteration (Translation): san ([seal of the publisher Ibaya Senzaburō 伊場屋仙三郎]) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Dansendō 団仙堂 active c. 1815-1869.
signature: 廣重画, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on red ground, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Hiroshige ga (Picture [by] Hiroshige) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Margery Hoffman Smith Fund
- Accession Number
2001.38.1
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
