Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu)

Maker

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広 (1773-1828, worked in Edo, Japan)

Title

Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1810s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 20.8 x 18.7 cm (8 3/16 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 雪ほもり
弁てん太夫
引連れて
えひすの宮へ
友にあふ日は
Translation: Today, after being snowed in as I headed off to Ebisu Shrine, escorted by a male geisha and a woman beautiful as Benten, I bumped into a friend on the way...

(Carpenter, John T., and Museum Rietberg, Reading Surimono : The Interplay of Text and Image in Japanese Prints, Zürich, Leiden: Museum Rietberg, 2008, p. 403)

Signature: Toyohiro ga

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1424

Type

Image use

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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 Toyohiro 歌川豊広 (1773-1828, worked in Edo, Japan)
Parody of Ebisu and Benten [As woman and fish-peddlar in snow] (Ebisu to Benten Dayu), 1810s
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing
Sheet: 20.8 x 18.7 cm (8 3/16 x 7 3/8 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1424

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