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Kyoto: The Great Bridge at Sanjô (Keishi, Sanjô ôhashi), 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 京師 三条大橋」
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; 23.7 x 36.7 cm (9 5/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5086
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.55
DescriptionNo. 55 in the series.

MFA impressions: *06.913 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.2076 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17290, *11.38857 (deaccessioned in 2012), *11.38858 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.38859, 11.41835, 21.5086
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.