Kusatsu, 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　草津」

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; 16.6 x 22.5 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.829.53

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.53

DescriptionNo. 53 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.829.53, *11.39966 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45720 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9161

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Inscriptionsたのしみの日数かさねて春雨にめぐむ草津の旅の道芝　芝口屋丘住

Provenance1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)