No. 53 - Kusatsu: Yabase Crossing and View of Lake Biwa (Kusatsu, Yabase no watashiguchi, Biwa-ko fûkei), from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Reisho Tôkaidô – Works

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No. 53 - Kusatsu: Yabase Crossing and View of Lake Biwa (Kusatsu, Yabase no watashiguchi, Biwa-ko fûkei), from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi), also known as the Reisho Tôkaidô

「東海道　五十三　五十三次　草津　矢ばせの渡口　琵琶湖風景」

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; 24.2 x 35.9 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5153

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #53.53

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1651, 21.5153

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.