Gojūsan tsugi Kusatsu (Kusatsu from the Fifty-three Stations), No. 53 from the series Tōkaidō (The Tōkaidō)
Utagawa Hiroshige, Gojūsan tsugi Kusatsu (Kusatsu from the Fifty-three Stations), No. 53 from the series Tōkaidō (The Tōkaidō), 1851, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.492
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- Title
Gojūsan tsugi Kusatsu (Kusatsu from the Fifty-three Stations), No. 53 from the series Tōkaidō (The Tōkaidō)
- Related Titles
edition title: Reisho Tōkaidō
original language: 五十三次 草津
series (original language): 東海道
series (translated): The Tōkaidō
series (transliterated): Tōkaidō
translated: Kusatsu from the Fifty-three Stations
transliterated: Gojūsan tsugi Kusatsu
- 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: 8 1/2 in x 13 9/16 in; sheet: 9 in x 14 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: 五十三次 // 草津, printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): gojūsan tsugi // Kusatsu (Fifty-three stations // Kusatsu) Language: Japanese
series title: 東海道 / 五十三, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, top right Transliteration (Translation): Tōkaidō / gojūsan (Tōkaidō / 53) Language: Japanese
inscription: 矢ばせの渡口, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, center left Transliteration (Translation): Yabase no watashiguchi (Yabase crossing) Language: Japanese
inscription: 琵琶湖風景, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, center left Transliteration (Translation): Biwako fūkei (View of Lake Biwa) Language: Japanese
censor's mark: 渡邊, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, upper left 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 left 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.
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
32.492
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô