Ishiyakushi

Titles

東海道五十三次之内（美人東海道）石薬師之圖
Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi no Uchi

Artist Utagawa Kunisada / Toyokuni III (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)

Publisher Sanoya Kihei < Sanoki > Kikakudō (c. 1710s~1910s)

Datec. 1830-1835

GeographyJapan

MediumInk and color on paper Technique: Nishiki-e (Woodblock print with color blocks)

DimensionsSheet (print sizes vary): 11 1/8 x 7 3/4 x 9/16 in. (28.3 x 19.7 x 1.5 cm) book size

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Charles W. Bartlett, (4/34), 1934 (10132.45)

Object number10132.45

DescriptionThis image is supposedly based upon Hiroshige's depiction of Ishiyakushi (Station No. 45) in his own series, Fifty Three Stations of the Tökaidö, c. 1833 - 1834. Unlike the images in the first half of Kunisada's series, however, this image does not resemble Hiroshige's print.

Portfolio/SeriesThe Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

On View

Not on view

Collections