| Maker(s): | Utagawa Hiroshige I; Iseya Ichibei (publisher); Matsushima Fusajirō (Horikō Fusajirō, Hori Fusa) (blockcutter)
| | Culture: | Japanese (1797-1858)
| | Title: | Hiratsuka Inage Saburō Shigenari, from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui [Fifty-three pairings for the Tokaido]
| | Date Made: | ca. 1845-1846
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Mat: 20 in x 16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.6 cm; Sheet/Image: 14 1/2 in x 9 15/16 in; 36.8 cm x 25.2 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TITLE: recto, upp. r.: [Japanese character, Tokaido gojusan tsui]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Hiratsuka [ill.]]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Horikō Fusajirō]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Hiroshige ga]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Inage Saburo Shigenari]; SEAL: recot, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Mura]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1970.187.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Dorothy Cogswell
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This is station no. 8 from a series jointly designed by Hiroshige, Kunisada, and Kuniyoshi. A vertical nishiki-e print devided into three part. The upper left part has the story. The upper right part has the title "Tokaido Gojusan Tsui." The lower part depicts an armed man with a long sword in hand, looking at the red lightening in front of a river with swirling waves going upward; another man's feet are visible behind the central figure. Hiratsuka - the legend of the Banyu river; the man depicted is identified as Inage Saburo Shigenari, retainer of Shogun Yoritomo.
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