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Akasaka: Inn with Serving Maids (Akasaka, ryosha shôfu 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 赤坂 旅舎招婦ノ図」
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; 24.7 x 34.8 cm (9 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5062
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.37
DescriptionNo. 37 in the series.

MFA impressions: *06.1493 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17271, 11.26127, 11.41836, 21.5062, 2009.2411.37
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: (kiwame; in left margin, cut off of this impression)
改印:(極)
ProvenanceFormerly in the de Goncourt collection; November 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 135); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.