About This Print
A small format print after an 1856 Hiroshige depiction of a courtesan in a red kimono originally created as part of a five panel harimaze print for the series Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road.
The print is mounted to the front of a holiday greeting card as shown below.
original print cut from print no. 6 Okabe, Fuchū, Eijiri, Mariko in a harimaze series titled,
Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, 1856
7 3/16 x 2 3/16 in. (18.2 x 7.1 cm)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 06.822
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #1458 |
Title | [After Hiroshige's] Fuchū: Nichō-machi, No. 6 府中 二丁町 |
Series | [harimaze series] Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road Tōkaidō gojûsan tsugi zue 東海道五十三次図会 |
Artist | after Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858) |
Signature | 廣重画 Hiroshige ga - lower left corner of image |
Seal of the Artist | not sealed |
Publication Date: Original Print | 1856 |
Publication Date: Reproduction | c. 1930s |
Publisher: Original Print | Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) |
Publisher: Reproduction | no publisher's seal but likely Takemura Hideo 竹村秀雄 (H. Takemura & Co.) |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | excellent |
Miscellaneous | |
Genre | ukiyo-e, fukusei-ga |
Format | yatsugiri |
H x W Paper | 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (13.5 x 8.7 cm ) |
H x W Image | 5 3/16 x 3 5/16 in. (13 x 8.4 cm) |
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