Tokaido gojusan tsui

ca. 1845-1846 (late Edo)

25.1 cm 36.2 cm

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The artist Matabei, featured in the upper left corner, looks down with consternation as his subjects come to life. A dancing Wisteria Maiden is surrounded by a warrior, a devil, a blind "shamisen" player, and a singer. These are all popular subjects of folk paintings produced...

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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
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Utagawa School
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