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Source Description
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 in the town of Otsu and sold as souvenirs to travelers.
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Document identity
localId
21176
label
Tokaido gojusan tsui
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21176
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Tokaido gojusan tsui
description
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 in the town of Otsu and sold as souvenirs to travelers.
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
ca. 1845-1846 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.2
height
25.1
dimensionsRaw
14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (36.2 x 25.08 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hiroshige giga (drew for fun)
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14973
4238
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
94b0f21a02240915