Sakanoshita

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Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi no Uchi
東海道五十三次之内（美人東海道）坂の下之圖

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

Publisher Moriya Jihei < Moriji > Kinshindō (c. 1780s~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 (10132.49)

Object number10132.49

DescriptionThis image is supposedly based upon Hiroshige's depiction of Sakanoshita (Station No. 49) 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

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