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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Ishiyakushi: The Station House (Ishiyakushi, toiyaba no zu), 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 石薬師 問屋場ノ図」
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 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.1944
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #24.45
DescriptionNo. 45 in the series.

MFA impressions: 06.829.45, *11.1944 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.39961 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.45712 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.9153
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions石薬師瓦と黄金まく人は瑠璃の玉とも光る旅宿 友垣真連