Catalog record · 目録番号 5454

Futakawa (Station 33, Print 34)

二タ川

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1852
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
Digital image / 画像: 850 × 1200 px
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ

Catalog note / 解説

"Tokaido Goju-san Tsugi no Uchi" (Fifty-Three Stations along the Tokaido) Ishikawa Tomoichi on Futakawa station. This Tokaido series was commonly called, "Yakusha Tokaido" (Kabuki Actor's Tokaido). They were actually meant to be the bust portrait of kabuki actors whose names were not mentioned because of the censorship banning the luxury or pleasure items. The portrait was depicted with a beautiful landscape background. The series was very popular and more than 150 designs for many dupicate stations and in-between stations were produced. The background landscape design was said to be "serial".

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · ca. 1838 · jaodb

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