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No. 48 - Seki, from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Reisho Tôkaidô


「東海道 四十八 五十三次 関」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.9 x 35.7 cm (9 7/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5148
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #53.48
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.498 (deaccessioned in 2019), 06.922, 21.5148
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺
彫師:なし
ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.