1984.202.53 Kusatsu: Famous Resting Place



GENERAL DESCRIPTION    
This print is particularly descriptive of the men who made their livings carting kago (palanquin) up and down the Tōkaidō. Known as kumosuke (cloud men), they were the rough, tough, hard-living porters of the road.

Adapted from
Anna McFarland, Ichiryusai Hiroshige: The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido, Label text, 1986.

NOTES
TMS Updates-
English title updated as above

Japanese Title: 草津 (名物立場)

Inscriptions:
東海道五十三次之内 (Tokaido Gojyusan Tsugi no Uchi), the title of series appears at bottom left of print.

草津 (Kusatsu) appears next to the title in black, next to which in red is 名物立場 (famous resting place).

Exhibitions pending: Ichiryusai Hiroshige: The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido, DMA, 1986

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1984.202.1-55

PROVENANCE
By at least 1908-1937: Frank Lloyd Wright [1]

1937-1984: Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus, Dallas [2]

1984: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus [3]

[1] The collection was exhibited at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1908. See "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Japanese Print" in Collections Records object file.

[2] See "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Japanese Print" in Collections Records object file.

[3] See copy of Deed of Gift, dated 28 December 1984, in Collections Records object file.

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General Description
   
This print is particularly descriptive of the men who made their livings carting kago (palanquin) up and down the Tōkaidō. Known as kumosuke (cloud men), they were the rough, tough, hard-living porters of the road.

Adapted from
Anna McFarland, Ichiryusai Hiroshige: The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido, Label text, 1986.

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Notes
TMS Updates-
English title updated as above

Japanese Title: 草津 (名物立場)

Inscriptions:
東海道五十三次之内 (Tokaido Gojyusan Tsugi no Uchi), the title of series appears at bottom left of print.

草津 (Kusatsu) appears next to the title in black, next to which in red is 名物立場 (famous resting place).

Exhibitions pending: Ichiryusai Hiroshige: The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido, DMA, 1986

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 
1984.202.1-55

PROVENANCE
By at least 1908-1937: Frank Lloyd Wright [1]

1937-1984: Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus, Dallas [2]

1984: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus [3]

[1] The collection was exhibited at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1908. See "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Japanese Print" in Collections Records object file.

[2] See "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Japanese Print" in Collections Records object file.

[3] See copy of Deed of Gift, dated 28 December 1984, in Collections Records object file.

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men: AAT: 300025928
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travel: AAT: 300080094
Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120
Edo: AAT: 300106643
Ukiyo-e: AAT: 300106769
travelers: AAT: 300025879
Hiroshige_Andō: ULAN: 500019641
routes: AAT: 300265365
post stations: AAT: 300007827
palanquins: AAT: 300238473
porters (baggage carriers): AAT: 300025868
Kusatsu (inhabited place): TGN: 1080676
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