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Maker(s):Utagawa Toyokuni II; Kawaguchiya Uhei, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1777–1835); Japanese (active ca. 1800–1852)
Title:Night Rain at Emonzaka: Hinanosuke, Hinano, and Hinaki, of the Daikokuya ('Emonzaka no yoru no ame daikokukya nai hinanosuke, hinano, hinaki') , from the series "Eight Views of the Yoshiwara" ('Yoshiwara hakkei')
Date Made:late 1820s
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:overall: 14 5/8 in x 10 in; 37.2 cm x 25.4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.288
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
vertical ōban; bijinga; nishiki-e

Label Text:
This print is signed at lower-right "Toyokuni ga" ('drawn by Toyokuni'). To the right of the signature are the circular kiwame seal of the censor and the mark of publisher Kawaguchiya Uhei of the firm Fukusendō, which is only partially visible. The title of the print begins at middle top-right with the oiran Hinanosuke, her two kamuro Hinano and Hinaki, and their place of employ, the Daikokuya, identified by the text at upper-left. The title of the prints seires can be found within the black cartouche at top-left.

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