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Ofunagura no shijimi, Hirokōji no gunshū (Clams at Ofunagura, Crowds at Hirokōji), from the book Ehon Sumidagawa ryōgan ichiran (Picture Book of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance)


Katsushika Hokusai, Ofunagura no shijimi, Hirokōji no gunshū (Clams at Ofunagura, Crowds at Hirokōji), from the book Ehon Sumidagawa ryōgan ichiran (Picture Book of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance), ca. 1804/1806, color woodblock print on paper, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.387

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Ofunagura no shijimi, Hirokōji no gunshū (Clams at Ofunagura, Crowds at Hirokōji), from the book Ehon Sumidagawa ryōgan ichiran (Picture Book of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance)

Related Titles

original language: 御船蔵の蜆 廣小路の群衆

series (original language): 絵本隅田川両岸一覧

series (translated): Picture Book of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance

series (transliterated): Ehon Sumidagawa ryōgan ichiran

translated: Clams at Ofunagura, Crowds at Hirokōji

transliterated: Ofunagura no shijimi, Hirokōji no gunshū

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Date

ca. 1804/1806

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 8 1/16 in x 11 15/16 in; sheet: 9 1/8 in x 12 1/4 in

Inscriptions & Markings

title: 廣小路の, printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Hirokōji no gunshū (crowds at Hirokōji) Language: Japanese

title: 御船蔵の蜆, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Ofunagura no shijimi (clams at Ofunagura) Language: Japanese

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper left Language: Japanese Description: Kyōka poem by Kōkeisha Shōsei 貢計舎升盛

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper middle Language: Japanese Description: Kyōka poem by Kyōhyō Tōshi 京俵藤子

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

32.387

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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