| Maker(s): | Keisai Eisen
| | Culture: | Japanese (1790-1848)
| | Title: | No. 36, Yabuhara, Torii toge suzuri no shimizu [Yabuhara: The Ink-stone Spring at Torii Pass], from the series Kisokaido rokujukyu eki [The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road], here called Kisoji no eki [The Stations of the Kiso Road]
| | Date Made: | 19th century
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Mat: 18 1/16 in x 14 in; 45.9 cm x 35.6 cm; Sheet/Image: 8 11/16 in x 12 1/2 in; 22.1 cm x 31.7 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | STAMP: recto, upp. r. (red ink, within image): [Sanjūroku, Japanese character]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink, within image): [Kisokaidô Yabuhara Torii tôge suzuri shimizu, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, upp. r. (red ink, within image): [Hoeidō, Japanese character]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1949.7.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A horizontal print with travellers: two women bears wood on their back or head, two men resting on the winding road and one of them is smoking a pipe, a pine tree besides a well/pond and a stone slab to the left leaning towards the four figures in the center, a light grey stone mountain is visible in distance. Compare with 1973.264.Q.RII AND 1973.265.Q.RII.
Tags:
Ukiyo-e; travel; landscapes; trees; mountains; water; women; peasants Link to share this object record:
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