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Gojūsan tsugi Okitsu (Okitsu from the Fifty-three Stations), No. 18 from the series Tōkaidō (The Tōkaidō)


Utagawa Hiroshige, Gojūsan tsugi Okitsu (Okitsu from the Fifty-three Stations), No. 18 from the series Tōkaidō (The Tōkaidō), 1851, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.490

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Title

Gojūsan tsugi Okitsu (Okitsu from the Fifty-three Stations), No. 18 from the series Tōkaidō (The Tōkaidō)

Related Titles

edition title: Reisho Tōkaidō

original language: 五十三次 興津

series (original language): 東海道

series (translated): The Tōkaidō

series (transliterated): Tōkaidō

translated: Okitsu from the Fifty-three Stations

transliterated: Gojūsan tsugi Okitsu

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Date

1851

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image/sheet: 8 5/16 in x 13 7/16 in (margins trimmed off)

Inscriptions & Markings

inscription: 清見寺, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, center left Transliteration (Translation): Kiyomidera (Kiyomidera Temple) Language: Japanese

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

series title: 東海道 / 十八, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, top right Transliteration (Translation): Tōkaidō / jūhachi (Tōkaidō / 18) Language: Japanese

censor's mark: 渡邊, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, upper right 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 right 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.

artist's seal: ヒロ [stylized], printed in red ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Hiro ([seal of the artist Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重]) Language: Japanese

inscription: 清見ヶせき, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, center left Transliteration (Translation): Kiyomigaseki (Kiyomi Barrier) Language: Japanese

signature: 廣重画, printed in black ink, upper 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

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.490

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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