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No. 9 - Ôiso, from the series The Tôkaidô Road - The Fifty-three Stations (Tôkaidô - Gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Reisho Tôkaidô


「東海道 九 五十三次之内 大磯」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851–52 (Kaei 5–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24 x 36.4 cm (9 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5156
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #54.09
DescriptionFrom an unfinished series (ten titles are listed in Ukiyo-e shûka) with titles in Reisho script, published by Hayashiya Shôgorô, not to be confused with the more famous "Reisho Tôkaidô" series published by Maruya Seijirô.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、渡辺
彫師:なし
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, 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.