Chiyo of Kaga Province (Kaga no kuni Chiyo-jo)

「加賀の国千代女」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1845 (Kôka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 71.3 x 24.3 cm (28 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1464

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #123; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S95.3

DescriptionPoem:
The morning glories
Have taken my well bucket--
I'll borrow water.

Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画

Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Asagao ni/ tsurube torarete/ moraimizu

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross