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Futakawa: Monkey Plateau (Futakawa, Sarugababa), 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 二川 猿ケ馬場」
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; 24.7 x 38.6 cm (9 3/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5057
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Toraya, Atsumeru tanoshimi (Yoshida coll., 2012), p. 96; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.34
DescriptionNo. 34 in the series.

MFA impressions: *06.1203 (deaccessioned in 2019), 06.2550, 11.1953, 11.2293, 11.17413, 11.17414, 11.17415, 11.26126, 11.38879, *11.45569 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.5056, 21.5057, 2009.2411.34
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 130); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.