The Scene of the Streetwalker, in Kôshaku (Kôshaku yotaka ba), cut from one sheet of the series Mirror of Drama in Cutouts (Harimaze jôruri kagami)

交張浄瑠璃鏡　「講釈　よたかば」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 14.8 x 9.1 cm (5 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8794

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #53.2; Tanba 1965, #478 (uncut sheet)

DescriptionFrom a sheet with six designs, including a calligraphic title panel and five pictures. Also from the same sheet: 21.8794.

Signed (Ichirûysai Hiroshige hitsu, on the title panel; this picture unsigned)