1933.4.2848: Yui, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.2848

People

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Japanese (1798 - 1861)

Title

Yui, from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui)

Other Titles

Original Language Title: 東海道五十三対　由井

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

circa 1845-1846 (Kōka 2-3)

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/206842

Physical Descriptions

Medium

(Fragmentary) woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

(fragmentary) vertical ōban: 25.7 × 24.4 cm (10 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• signature: printed: 朝櫻楼国芳画 [Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Accession Year

1933

Object Number

1933.4.2848

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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