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Source Description
This print depicts the legend of the feather robe- A fairy flying away with a robe of feathers ("hagoromo"). The upper part of the print is the title of the series in large formal characters reserved in a black rectangle; on the left is a decorative panel with the name of the post-station and a short text.
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Document identity
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33082
label
Fifty-Three Pairings along the Tōkaidō Road
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object
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1
Source metadata
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33082
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contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Fifty-Three Pairings along the Tōkaidō Road
description
This print depicts the legend of the feather robe- A fairy flying away with a robe of feathers ("hagoromo"). The upper part of the print is the title of the series in large formal characters reserved in a black rectangle; on the left is a decorative panel with the name of the post-station and a short text.
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
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
color woodcuts
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1
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1
source
import
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Utagawa School
inscriptions
[Signature] Hiroshige ga; [Transcription] Nina no ura hagoromo matsu no urai; [Translation] The Origin of Robe of Feathers in Nino no Ura
med
ink and color on mulberry paper
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4238
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JPK
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3514
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1
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0
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photo
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