DepartmentAsia
Poem by Minamoto Shigeyuki: The Maidservant Okiku
NameWoodblock print (ukiyo-e)
Maker
Hiroshige UTAGAWA
(1797-1858)
CultureJapanese
Datec. 1847
Place madeJAPAN, East Asia, Asia
Mediumpaper, ink, adhesive
Dimensions14 9/16 × 9 1/4 in. (37 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2019.37.2
Object numberFA.2019.37.2
ProvenancePurchased at Gallery Soumei-do. They purchased from weekly Tokyo auction for ukiyo-e.
DescriptionImage of two women wearing kimonos and facing each other. Japanese writing across top of print. Broken dishes at lower left.
!["The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (Izari no adauchi - ゐさりの仇うち)” [Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō]; from the Series: “The Seven Variations of the Iroha (Seisho Nanatsu Iroha)”](/internal/media/dispatcher/143458/thumbnail)
Late 18th century
