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The Divine Sword Cuts Back the Grass and Turns the Fire on the Enemies (Shinken kusa o nagite izoku o yaku), No. 5 from the series Illustrated History of Japan (Honchô nenreki zue)


「本朝年暦図絵 五」 「神剣薙草焼夷賊」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1849–50 (Kaei 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.8 x 37.8 cm (10 3/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.5007.4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #81.5; other prints in the series: Tanba 1965, #s 443-4
DescriptionThe left edge of this impression is concealed by the album binding.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
彫師:なし