Yoshiwara, from the series Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô Road] (Gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Jinbutsu Tôkaidô

「五十三次　吉原」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1852 (Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 21.7 x 16.4 cm (8 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1536

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 238, chûban #8.15

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross