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Seki: Early Departure of a Daimyô (Seki, honjin hayadachi), 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 関 本陣早立」
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 36.5 cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5077
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.48
DescriptionNo. 48 in the series.

MFA impressions: *11.1878 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17410, *11.17411 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.23103, 11.30423, 11.38870, 11.38871, 21.5077, 2009.2411.48
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.