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Maker(s):Utagawa Hiroshige I; Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō) (publisher)
Culture:Japanese (1797-1858); Japanese, active c. 1833 - 1850
Title:Okitsu Okitsugawa [The Okitsu River at Okitsu], from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi [Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido]
Date Made:1831-1834
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 16 in x 20 in; 40.6 cm x 50.8 cm; Sheet: 9 1/16 in x 14 1/16 in; 23 cm x 35.7 cm; Image: 8 7/8 in x 13 5/8 in; 22.5 cm x 34.6 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Tōkaidō gojūsan no tsugi]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Okitsu]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (stamp with red ink): [Japanese character, Okitsugawa]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Hiroshige ga]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, Takemago]
Accession Number:  MH 2013.5.1
Credit Line:Gift of Jane Buck Hellawell (Class of 1949)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Okitsu is no. 18 in the Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido series in the Hoeido edition. An horizontal scene of seven men walking in a winding river; one man (a sumo wrestler) riding on a horse, the other (also a sumo wrestler) sitting in a sedan (or Kago) supported by several other laborers; rocks to the left and many trees and an endless body of water in distance.

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