Yorozuya Tokuzaemon
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The name Yorozuya Tokuzaemon appears to designate a merchant or proprietor of a general goods shop (yorozuya means "shop of ten thousand things"), suggesting this print may be a merchant portrait, a shop advertisement, or a commemorative surimono produced for a specific patron. Such commission prints occupied an important part of Hokusai's surimono production for the commercial and poetry-club milieu.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yorozuya Tokuzaemon was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎).
Yorozuya Tokuzaemon depicts figures and portraits.