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Source Description
A samurai in the center of the image scowls as he sees the damage done to the Kanbara rest-house by Yaji-robe, wearing a dark green robe, and Kita-hachi, wearing a blue checkered kimono. These figures are characters from Jippensha Ikku's (1765-1831) satirical story "Tokaido Hizakurige" (The Tokaido Road on Foot). Mr. Yaji and Mr. Kita systematically destroy one rest-house after another as they try to make a pilgrimage to the shrine at Ise. This illustration of the satire is proof of the continued popularity of this Edo period tale in the early 20th century.
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Document identity
localId
18748
label
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road on Foot
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
18748
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road on Foot
description
A samurai in the center of the image scowls as he sees the damage done to the Kanbara rest-house by Yaji-robe, wearing a dark green robe, and Kita-hachi, wearing a blue checkered kimono. These figures are characters from Jippensha Ikku's (1765-1831) satirical story "Tokaido Hizakurige" (The Tokaido Road on Foot). Mr. Yaji and Mr. Kita systematically destroy one rest-house after another as they try to make a pilgrimage to the shrine at Ise. This illustration of the satire is proof of the continued popularity of this Edo period tale in the early 20th century.
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
1918 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.7
height
36
dimensionsRaw
9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in. (24.7 x 36 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Tamenobu
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
4808
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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