No. 55, Kōdo: Cormorant Fishing Boats on the Nagae River (Kōdo, Nagaegawa ukaibune)  thumbnail 1
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No. 55, Kōdo: Cormorant Fishing Boats on the Nagae River (Kōdo, Nagaegawa ukaibune)

Woodblock Print
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woodblock print, 'No. 55, Kōdo: Cormorant Fishing Boats on the Nagae River' from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road' by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Edo (Tokyo), Japan.


Object details

Object type
Titles
  • No. 55, Kōdo: Cormorant Fishing Boats on the Nagae River (Kōdo, Nagaegawa ukaibune) (assigned by artist)
  • The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road (Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi) (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'No. 55, Kōdo: Cormorant Fishing Boats on the Nagae River' from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road' by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Edo (Tokyo), Japan.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「岐阻路ノ駅」
  • 「河渡長柄川鵜飼船」 (Title)
    Translation
    Kōdo: Cormorant Fishing Boats on the Nagae River
    Transliteration
    'Kōdo, Nagaegawa ukaibune'
  • 「五十五」 (In cartouche)
    Translation
    55
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
E.3805-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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