Tokaido gojusan tsui

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This elegant woman uses a fishing line to catch prawns as she drifts near the shore at Kanagawa. Her bunched-up sleeves and the scarf she holds in her teeth lend her an air of casualness. This adds a touch of realism to what is otherwise a luxurious fantasy.

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] Oju Toyokuni ga

Credit Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991

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Creators

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Japanese, 1786-1864) (Artist)
Enshuya Matabei (Publisher)

Period

1845-46 (late Edo)

Medium

mulberry paper, pigments
(Prints)

Accession Number

95.546

Measurements

14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (36.8 x 24.4 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View