No. 68 (sic; actually 69), the Crossroad at Kusatsu (Kusatsu oiwake), 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　草津追分」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25 x 36.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5221

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #33.69

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.23149, 11.39296, 21.5221

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.