Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Ogura Imitation of the Hundred Poets)

Description

Colour woodblock print from the series Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Ogura Imitation of the Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) series, depicting the maid Okiku and the broken plate for which she was murdered by her master, Aoyama Tessan: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1887.745.69.18

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Ibaya Senzaburō, 1815 - 1869 (fl.), Publisher

Date

19th century

Materials

Paper