Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 14840

Goyu (Station 35, Print 36)

御油

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada歌川国貞
Date / 年代: 1853
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
Digital record / 画像記録: 1068 × 1500 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Catalog note / 解説

"Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi no Uchi" (Tokaido Fifty-three Stations) Goyu Station, No.2. Mother of Yamamoto kansuke. This large Tokaido series was commonly called, "Yakusha Tokaido" (Kabuki Actor's Tokaido). It was actually meant to be the bust portrait of kabuki actors whose names were not mentioned because of the censorship banning the luxury or pleasure items. The portrait was depicted with a beautiful landscape background. The series was very popular and more than 150 designs for many dupicate stations and in-between stations were produced. The background landscape design was said to be "serial".

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