Yokohama Ganki mikomi no zu (A Peek at the Gankirō Brothel in Yokohama)
Utagawa Hiroshige II, Yokohama Ganki mikomi no zu (A Peek at the Gankirō Brothel in Yokohama), 1860, 6th month, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e; triptych, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.564a-c
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- Title
Yokohama Ganki mikomi no zu (A Peek at the Gankirō Brothel in Yokohama)
- Related Titles
original language: 横浜岩亀見込之図
translated: A Peek at the Gankirō Brothel in Yokohama
transliterated: Yokohama Ganki mikomi no zu
- Artist
- Related People
carver: Hori Yasu (Japanese)
publisher: Daikokuya Kinjirō (Japanese, active Edo 1855-1861)
- Date
1860, 6th month
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e; triptych
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
sheet: 14 1/16 in x 28 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: 横浜 / 岩亀見込之図, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on red, white, and blue ground, top right, right sheet Transliteration (Translation): Yokohama / Ganki mikomi no zu (Yokohama / a peek at the Ganki [brothel]) Language: Japanese
publisher's seal: 大, printed in black ink within double hexagonal cartouche, bottom middle, right sheet and center sheet; ; bottom right, left sheet Transliteration (Translation): dai ([seal of the publisher Daikokuya Kinjirō 大国屋金治郎]) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Bunkeidō 文慶堂 active c.1855-1861.
carver's mark: 彫安刻刀, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on yellow ground, bottom right, right sheet; lower middle, center sheet; lower left, left sheet Transliteration (Translation): Hori Yasu kokutō ([seal of the carver Uemura Yasugorō 上邑安五郎]) Language: Japanese
censor's mark: 申六改, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, lower right, right sheet; center, center sheet; lower left, left sheet Transliteration (Translation): saru hachi aratame (inspected monkey 8 [1860, 8th month]) Language: Japanese
signature: 廣重画, printed in black ink; printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on red ground, lower right, right sheet; center, center sheet; lower left, left sheet 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
32.564a-c
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2005 Crowd Appeal: Impressions of Edo Japan Portland Art Museum
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
