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
- 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
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum