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Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), 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 石部 目川ノ里」
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 x 37.2 cm (9 7/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5081
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.52
DescriptionNo. 52 in the series.

MFA impressions: 11.26136, 11.30172, 11.30202, 11.38865, 21.5081, 21.5082, RES.53.151, 2009.2411.52
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.