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Source Description
The artist pokes fun at the tightrope walking fad of the 1860s by presenting a veritable traffic jam. Seventeen people vie for space on the four overlapping ropes. Distracted by the confusion, the woman at right does not seem to be aware that someone is peeking up her kimono!
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Document identity
localId
29935
label
Triptych: Tsunawatari karuwaza hyoban
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
29935
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Triptych: Tsunawatari karuwaza hyoban
description
The artist pokes fun at the tightrope walking fad of the 1860s by presenting a veritable traffic jam. Seventeen people vie for space on the four overlapping ropes. Distracted by the confusion, the woman at right does not seem to be aware that someone is peeking up her kimono!
provenance
C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
date
1867 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
woodblock prints
triptychs
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37.8
height
24.1
dimensionsRaw
each panel: 14 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (37.78 x 24.13 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hammoto oju Kuniteru ga ; [Seal] [tama seal unread]
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
15054
2959
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
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