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No. 35, Narai Station: Shop for the Famous Local Product, Oroku Combs (Narai shuku, meisanten no zu)

Woodblock Print
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woodblock print, 'No. 35, Narai Station: Shop for the Famous Local Product, Oroku Combs' 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. 35, Narai Station: Shop for the Famous Local Product, Oroku Combs (Narai shuku, meisanten no zu) (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. 35, Narai Station: Shop for the Famous Local Product, Oroku Combs' from the series 'The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road' by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Edo (Tokyo), Japan.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「岐阻街道」
  • 「奈良井宿名産店之図」 (Title)
    Translation
    Narai Station: Shop for the Famous Local Product, Oroku Combs
    Transliteration
    'Narai shuku, meisanten no zu'
  • 「三十五」 (In cartouche)
    Translation
    35
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.3796-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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