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Chiyo of Kaga Province (Kaga no kuni Chiyo-jo)

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban, upright diptych; 71.3 x 24.3 cm (28 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1464
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Asagao ni/ tsurube torarete/ moraimizu
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
Takiguchi Shinsuke
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)
Sakata Kaidômaru
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)