Tokaido gojusan tsui

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The artist Matabei, featured in the upper left corner, looks down with consternation as his subjects come to life. A dancing Wisteria Maiden is surrounded by a warrior, a devil, a blind "shamisen" player, and a singer. These are all popular subjects of folk paintings produced in the town of Otsu and sold as souvenirs to travelers.

Provenance C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.

Inscriptions [Signature] Hiroshige giga (drew for fun)

Credit Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991

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Creators

Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) (Artist)
Kinseido (Ibaya Kyubei) (Publisher)

Period

ca. 1845-1846 (late Edo)

Medium

mulberry paper, pigments
(Prints)

Accession Number

95.596

Measurements

14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (36.2 x 25.08 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View