Minakuchi, Fifty-one from the series Fifty-three Stations of Tōkaidō,

19th century

Medium: Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print
Dimensions: unframed: 6 × 7 1/2 in. (15.2 × 19.1 cm)
framed: 17 3/8 × 14 3/8 in. (44.1 × 36.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen, Mr. and Mrs. Laurens Hammond, and Mr. and Mrs. Knight Woolley, B.A. 1917
Accession Number: 1967.64.203
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1967

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

NO Publisher’s seal mark: Hōei-dō 保永堂 (rectangular, relief, upper left after the signature)

Inscriptions

Tōkaidō Gojū-san Tsugi, gojū-ichi: Minakuchi 東海道五捨三次　水口 (upper right)\r\nUtagawa-ya 歌川や (lower left)\r\nTachikawa-ya 立川や (?) (lower centre)\r\nSano-ya, Sanoki さの屋　佐野㐂 (lower right)\r\nPoem: “Yotsu itsutsu/ fureba agaru to/ kodomo-ra ga/ mina kuchiguchi ni/ iite asobe ri” \r\nFour or five/ if rains, travelers come up/ children all [mina] say/ playing around. (temporary trans.)\r\n四ツ五ツ　ふれ八阿可ると　子供等可　三奈口々尓　いひ天阿そ遍り\r\n\r\nPoet: Baika-dō Nerikata 梅花堂煉方\r\n

Signed

“Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (upper left)

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