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Urashima Tarô, from the series A Set of Five Examples of Longevity (Kotobuki goban no uchi)


「寿五番ノ内」 浦島太郎
Yanagawa Shigenobu I (Japanese, 1787–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.9 x 18.5 cm (8 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9254
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #113; Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #225; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 363 (copy)
DescriptionPoems translated in McKee 2008, p. 232; Carpenter et al 2008, p. 349; and Polster & Marks 1980, p. 359.
Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Yanagawa
InscriptionsPoem by Mochizuki no Kagenari: Hatsuyume ni/ tsuribune naranu/ takarabune/ kogi-yosete keri/ haru no urashima

Poem by Asaka no Katsumi: Hatsuhikage/ sasu ya Urashima/ Tarô-zuki/ iegoto ni iwau/ Hôrai no kame