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東海道五十三次 「吉原」
Yoshiwara, from an untitled series of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road
東海道五十三次 「吉原」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal kokonotsugiri (one-ninth ôban); 12.5 x 17.8 cm (4 15/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10303
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hokusai Updated (2019), #112; Dai Hokusai ten (1993), surimono #33 (first edition); Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 225, horizontal koban #3.16
DescriptionStation 15, from a later edition without poems.
For an almost-complete set of this edition, bound as an album, see 1997.683 .
MFA impressions of this design: 11.20353, 21.10303
For an almost-complete set of this edition, bound as an album, see 1997.683 .
MFA impressions of this design: 11.20353, 21.10303
Signed
Gakyôjin Hokusai ga
画狂人北斎画
画狂人北斎画