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「東海道五十三次 荒井」
Arai, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Kyôka Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次 荒井」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 16.6 x 22.5 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.829.32
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.32
DescriptionNo. 32 in the series.
MFA impressions: 06.829.32, *11.39950 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45701 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9140, RES.53.169
MFA impressions: 06.829.32, *11.39950 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45701 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9140, RES.53.169
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions見渡せば遠つあふみもなみだたで名にしあらゐの関も戸ざゝず 朝霞亭波音
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross.