Kusatsu

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Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi no Uchi
東海道五十三次之内（美人東海道）草津ノ圖

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, 1934 (10132.53)

Object number10132.53

DescriptionThis image is supposedly based upon Hiroshige's depiction of Kusatsu (Station No. 53) 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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