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Okazaki: The Story of Jôruri, Daughter of the Chôja (Chôja ga hime Jôruri jûnidan no monogatari), cut from sheet 11 of the harimaze series Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi zue)


東海道五十三次図会 十一 「岡崎 長者が姫浄るり十二段の物語」 (張交)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 19.3 x 13 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8719
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Edo #90-11 (uncut sheet); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #45 (series of 15 sheets, not listed individually)
DescriptionFrom a sheet of four pictures showing Goyu (TR), Akasaka (TL), Fujikawa (BR), and Okazaki (BL) stations.

MFA impressions: 21.8685 (Goyu), 21.8686 (Akasaka), 21.8719 (Okazaki)
Signed Hiroshige
広重
Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.