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The Wetnurse (Menoto) Otsuji and Tamiya Bôtarô, from the series Illustrations of Loyalty and Vengeance (Chûkô adauchi zue)


「忠孝仇討図絵 乳母おつじ 田宮坊太郎」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844–45 (Kôka 1–2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 × 25.5 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1369
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ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
一立斎広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印:浜
彫師:彫工房次郎
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)