Tokaido gojusan tsui

Description This print depicts the strong woman Oiko. In the background are peasants marvelling at the great rock which she dammed the river with. The upper part of the print is the title of the series in large formal characters reserved in a black rectangle; on the left is a decorative panel with the name of the post-station and a short text.

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] Kochoro Kuniyoshi ga

Credit Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991