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Minakuchi, 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 水口」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 16.5 x 22.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.829.51
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.51
DescriptionNo. 51 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.829.51, *11.39964 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45718 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9159
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions四つ五つふればあがると子供等がみな口々にいひてあそべり 梅花堂煉方
Provenance1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)