Title:
Women on balcony of a teahouse in Kanagawa, number 4 from the Fifty-three Stations (Jimbutsu Tokaido)
Creator/Contributor:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Muraichi
Date:
1851-1852
Identifier:
1965.30.299d
Format:
1/2 oban
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
8 9/16 x 6 5/8 inches
Notes:
From a complete set of fifty-six views of the Tokaido Road in half-block format printed on undivided oban sheets. The set
is often called the Jimbutsu (or figure) Tokaido because human figures are prominent in each design. The lanterns hanging
from the teahouse eaves are decorated with Hiroshige's diamond-shaped emblem.
References: Uchida 14; Suzuki 12; Keyes 20
Inscription: Recto, signed Hiroshige ga at l.r.
Subject:
balconies; women; kimonos; lanterns (lighting devices)