Kawachi, Hirakata, Otokoyama Item Number: 1701/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Print showing a landscape of mountains, a village, and a river with boats. Three large mountains are in the back. Two medium-sized mountains are on the right side. The village has embankments along both shorelines of the backwards c-curved river. In the upper left corner, there are two vertically rectangular seals, one of which is pink while the other one is red. In the lower right corner, there is a smaller, vertically rectangular, red seal. The print is vertically rectangular.
Narrative
This print is called Kawachi, Hirakata, Otokoyama (河内 枚方 男山; Kawachi Province: Mount Otoko in Hirakata) from the series Rokujūyoshū meisho zue (六十余州名所図絵; Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces). The print is signed 廣重筆 (Hiroshige hitsu). The original published series, from 1853–1856 has a seal of block cutter Horitake (彫竹); this print does not have any marks of a block cutter, printer or publisher. It is a later reprint/impression from the early twentieth century.
Item History
- Made by Hiroshige Utagawa (Maker) in Japan between 1900 and 1959
- Collected during 1959
- Owned by Audrey Hawthorn before May 16, 1995
- Received from Audrey Hawthorn (Donor) on May 16, 1995
What
- Name
- Kawachi, Hirakata, Otokoyama
- Identification Number
- 1701/1
- Type of Item
- Overall
- height 29.8 cm, width 19.7 cm, depth 0.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Creator
- Hiroshige Utagawa (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Audrey Hawthorn
- Received from
- Audrey Hawthorn (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- between 1900 and 1959
- Collection Date
- during 1959
- Ownership Date
- before May 16, 1995
- Acquisition Date
- on May 16, 1995
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1701/0001