Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Minaguchi: Famous Gourd Strips, (水口名物干瓢 Minaguchi meibutsu kanpyō)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo)

Title

Minaguchi: Famous Gourd Strips, (水口名物干瓢 Minaguchi meibutsu kanpyō)
from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次之内 Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1833

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 24.1 x 36.7 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Hoeido; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.51

Type

Exhibition History

Eating in Edo
Apr 01, 2023 – Oct 08, 2023

Label copy

In this landscape, workers busily cut and dry gourd strips. Known as kanpyō, these strips are sliced from the calabash, a type of gourd harvested in late summer. After the strips are preserved by drying, they are used for a variety of dishes.

The print depicts Minaguchi, a town located on the Tōkaidō highway during the Edo period and now part of the Shiga prefecture. In Minaguchi today, kanpyō are boiled with green peppers and offered as a special dish to the ancestors during the Obon festival.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (Japanese, c. 1833-1850), publisher
Minaguchi: Famous Gourd Strips, (水口名物干瓢 Minaguchi meibutsu kanpyō); from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次之内 Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi); Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi, ca. 1833
Polychrome woodblock print
Horizontal ōban: 24.1 x 36.7 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 41.080.51

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