Mikawa Province: Manzai Dancers (Mikawa, manzai), cut from sheet 4 of the series Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)

国尽張交図会　四　「三河　万歳」

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 18.6 x 12.7 cm (7 5/16 x 5 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8752

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiroshige Mus., Ena, Meisho no hensen (203), #2-4; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #19.04; Uchida 1930, #305

DescriptionFrom a sheet of three pictures showing Owari, Mikawa, and Tôtômi provinces.

From the same sheet: 21.8752 (Mikawa), 21.8754 (Tôtômi)

Signed (this picture unsigned)