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| Keywords: Ibaya Kyubei - Tokaido gojusan tsui - Walters 95562.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork The 53 stations of the Tokaido in pairs Dressed in elaborate cotton kimonos two girls appear a bit over-dressed for the task at hand Beneath their tie-dyed head coverings they each sport hairstyles of the highest urban fashion These are elegant urban women costumed to play the roles of tea plantation workers in the famed Fuchu region Hiroshige is presenting his urban patrons with a fantasy that appeals both to their sense of fashion and to their love of fine tea 1845-1846 late Edo pigments mulberry paper cm 36 25 accession number 95 562 569 Justine Lewis Keidel date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel 1991 Signature Hiroshige ga place of origin Japan http //www kunisada de/Kunisada-Tokaido-Series/parallels/Tokaido-parallels1 20 htm p21 Kunisada Project Series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui Walters Art Museum license 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints The 53 stations of the Tokaido in pairs Tea workers | ||||
