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Nissaka: Sayo Mountain Pass (Nissaka, Sayo no nakayama), 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 日坂 佐夜之中山」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.6 x 38.3 cm (10 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5040
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.26
DescriptionNo. 26 in the series; co-published by Hôeidô and Senkakudô.

MFA impressions: *06.1308 (deaccessioned in 2019), *06.1463 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.1955 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.2093 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17274 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.26119, 11.38893, *11.38894 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.41829, 21.5040, 2009.2411.26
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceAugust 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.