No. 31, Maisaka: Ferryboats on the Sea at Imagiri (Maisaka, Imagiri kaijô funewatashi), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô

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No. 31, Maisaka: Ferryboats on the Sea at Imagiri (Maisaka, Imagiri kaijô funewatashi), from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojûsan tsugi meisho zue), also known as the Vertical Tôkaidô

「五十三次名所図会　三十一　舞阪　今切海上船渡し」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35 x 23.3 cm (13 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5273

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #24.31

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16894, 11.30281, 21.5273

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
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.