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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kusatsu: From Kusatsu to Yabase, a Bow and Bowstring (草津 草津より矢ばせは道の弓となる Kusatsu, Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru), Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Kusatsu: From Kusatsu to Yabase, a Bow and Bowstring (草津 草津より矢ばせは道の弓となる Kusatsu, Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and colors

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 37.2 x 25.1 cm (14 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 広重筆

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

46.294.2

About

Kusatsu: From Kusatsu to Yabase, a Bow and Bowstring (草津 草津より矢ばせは道の弓となる Kusatsu, Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru)
from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (五十三次名所図会 Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue)

Signature: 広重筆

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Road Less Traveled

November 9, 2024 - May 4, 2025

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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Portfolio cover

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Kusatsu: From Kusatsu to Yabase, a Bow and Bowstring (草津 草津より矢ばせは道の弓となる Kusatsu, Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru) with the accession number of 46.294.2. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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