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No. 19, Karuizawa, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi)


「木曾街道六拾九次之内 軽井沢」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.1 x 34.3 cm (8 11/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5169
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal oban #33.19
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.23122, 21.5169, 21.5170

The publisher's mark beside the title is "Takenouchi," but the lantern hanging from the horse's pack says "Ise-Ri" (Iseya Rihei).
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, 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.