Goyu: Tabibito Ryujo
Artist/Culture
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
Japanese, 1797–1858
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.1075
Label TextGoy : Women Soliciting Travelers (Tabibito tome onna) from 53 Stations on the T kaid
And Hiroshige 1797-1858
Multicolor woodblock print, ban
Artist signature: Hiroshige ga
Censor's seal: kiwame
Publisher: Takemago, Tsuruki
John Chandler Bancroft Collection 1901.1075
Goy was famous for the persistence of its women who worked in the inns as prostitutes and waitresses. The sign in the inn's entrance gives one of Hiroshige's names as well as that of his engraver and printer.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1857, 9th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1857, intercalary 5th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1858, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
12 month snake year, 1857