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「東海道五十三次之内 日本橋 曙旅立の図」
Nihonbashi: Setting Out at Dawn (Nihonbashi, Akebono tabidachi no zu), from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Gyôsho Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 日本橋 曙旅立の図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1841–44 (Tenpô 12–Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal aiban; 22.7 x 34.3 cm (8 15/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1790
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #5.01
DescriptionNo. 1 in the series, first version.
MFA impressions:
First version: 06.1790, 11.2225, 11.39973, 21.8977
Second version: 21.8978
MFA impressions:
First version: 06.1790, 11.2225, 11.39973, 21.8977
Second version: 21.8978
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：なし
彫師：なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross