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Source Description
In this print everything goes topsy-turvy as people run into each other trying to escape from a snapping turtle. This print illustrates a scene from the comic novel "Footing It along the Tokaido Road" (or "Shank's Mare") by Jippensha Ikku (1765-1831). The main characters are Yaji and Kita, two happy-go-lucky travelers who experience many adventures as they go along the road between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto.
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Document identity
localId
36836
label
Tokaido gojusan tsui
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
36836
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Tokaido gojusan tsui
description
In this print everything goes topsy-turvy as people run into each other trying to escape from a snapping turtle. This print illustrates a scene from the comic novel "Footing It along the Tokaido Road" (or "Shank's Mare") by Jippensha Ikku (1765-1831). The main characters are Yaji and Kita, two happy-go-lucky travelers who experience many adventures as they go along the road between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto.
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
36.8
height
24.5
dimensionsRaw
14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (36.83 x 24.45 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hiroshige giga; [Transcription] Hizakurige kokkei; [Translation] Hizakurige Humor
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14891
4238
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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2bd0ed89f4086150