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Arai: Ferryboat (Arai, watashibune no zu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô


「東海道五十三次之内 荒井 渡舟ノ図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.4 x 35 cm (8 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5053
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.32
DescriptionNo. 32 in the series.

MFA impressions: *06.1391 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.1973 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17425 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.17426, 11.23095, 11.26124, 11.38882, 11.38883, 11.38884, 21.5052, 21.5053, 21.5054, 2009.2411.32
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: (kiwame; in left margin, cut off of this impression)
改印:(極)
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.