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Maker(s):Utagawa Hiroshige I; Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō) (publisher)
Culture:Japanese (1797-1858); Japanese, active c. 1833 - 1850
Title:Numazu tasogare zu [Scene of twilight, Numazu], from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi [Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido]
Date Made:1833-1834
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 14 1/4 in x 19 1/4 in; 36.2 cm x 48.9 cm; Sheet: 9 7/16 in x 14 1/4 in; 24 cm x 36.2 cm; Image: 8 7/8 in x 13 15/16 in; 22.5 cm x 35.4 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi, Japanese character]; TITLE: recto, upp. l. (black ink); [Numazu, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, upp. l. (red ink): [Tasogare zu, Japanese character]; SIGNATURE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Hiroshige ga, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, upp. l. (red ink): [Hoeido, Japanese character]
Accession Number:  MH 1964.100.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Austin (Janet Evans, Class of 1925)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Numazu is no. 13 in the Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido series in the Hoeido edition. Three travelers walk along a river bank toward a village ahead under a full moon. One of the travelers carries on his back a large Tengu mask, the mark of a pilgrim to the Shinto shrine of Kompira.

Tags:
landscapes; night; moons; woods; travel

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