Narihira's Journey to the East: Passing Mount Fuji

業平東下り

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1845–46 (Kyôka 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 72 x 24.2 cm (28 1/3 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.996

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, ôhaba #4; Tanba 1965, #150

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.966, 21.6892

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross