Tokaido gojusan tsui (Parallels for the 53 Stations of the Tokaido)

Description

Colour woodblock print from the series Tokaido gojusan tsui (Parallels for the 53 Stations of the Tokaido), depicting a seated woman in the bottom right corner dreaming of O-Matsu kneeling at her spinning wheel visited by Gennojo and his servant Sodesuke, above, below are inscriptions: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845

Museum reference

A.1887.745.69.40

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Ibaya Senzaburō, 1815 - 1869 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1845

Materials

Paper