Kusatsu, A Station Famous for its Rice Cakes, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

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Object Details

Artist
Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Large teahouse with travelers eating rice cakes which are being made under the veranda. Lower half, two litters, one open and one closed, both carried by coolies.
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay
ca. 1834
Accession Number
1948-134-53
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
figures
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color
Dimensions
23.5 x 36.3 cm (9 1/4 x 14 5/16 in.)
made in
Japan
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1948-134-53
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42a478270-454c-4044-a566-15f173710b13
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