Utagawa Kunisada. Gotenyama, from the series ‘A Collection of Mountains’ / Fan print, 1859.

Title: Gotenyama [御殿山] – one of the most popular cherry blossom viewing spots; it is a hill at Shinagawa [品川], the second station on the Tōkaidō road [東海道], located on the shores of Edo Bay [江戸湾].

Series: A Collection of Mountains [山つくし] (Yama tsukushi)

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 12 January 1865).

Block carver: Yokokawa Takejirō, seal: [彫竹] – Hori Take.

Publisher: Yama-Ta; seal: [板元, 太] – Hanmoto, Ta; Marks 19-044 | U421b: An unknown publisher in Edo, fl. c. 1815-61.

Combined date seal and kiwame censor seal: Ansei 6 (1851).

Signed: Toyokuni ga [豊国画] in a red toshidama cartouche.

Size: Fan print (uchiwa-e) 227 x 287 mm.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Ansei era [安政] (11/1854 –3/1860), Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper, Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Fan, Uchiwa-e
Subject	Beautiful woman (bijin-ga), Beauty, Cherry Blossom (sakura), Mountains, Shinagawa [品川]
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Series	A Collection of Mountains [山つくし] (Yama tsukushi)
Artist	Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Engraver	Yokokawa Takejiro (Japanese, fl. 1845 – 1863)
Publisher	Yama-Ta [太] (Japanese, fl. c. 1815-61)
Publishing year	1859, Ansei 6
Acquisition year	2022

Collection

Japanese prints and drawings