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「東海道五十三次之内 小田原 酒匂川」
Odawara: The Sakawa River (Odawara, Sakawagawa), first (?) state, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 小田原 酒匂川」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.7 x 37.1 cm (9 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5012
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.10
DescriptionNo. 10 in the series, first (?) state, with two figures on the near bank.
MFA impressions of the Odawara design:
First (?) state (two figures on near bank, Strange #10):
*06.1495 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17260 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.23085, 11.26104, 11.30190, 21.5012, 2009.2411.10
Second (?) state (five figures on near bank, rounded mountains, Strange #10b):
11.17302, 11.30189, 21.5022
Third (?) state (five figures on near bank, pointed mountains, Strange #10c):
*06.1419 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17301, 21.5021
Fake based on second and/or third state (Strange #10a):
*11.2139 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.26105, 21.5020
MFA impressions of the Odawara design:
First (?) state (two figures on near bank, Strange #10):
*06.1495 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17260 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.23085, 11.26104, 11.30190, 21.5012, 2009.2411.10
Second (?) state (five figures on near bank, rounded mountains, Strange #10b):
11.17302, 11.30189, 21.5022
Third (?) state (five figures on near bank, pointed mountains, Strange #10c):
*06.1419 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17301, 21.5021
Fake based on second and/or third state (Strange #10a):
*11.2139 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.26105, 21.5020
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.